TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2019 and March 2020,

          and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                      6.4          0.1         YES          9647          183         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    7.4          0.1         YES          9575          180         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.8          0.9         YES            19            7         YES

    Construction                                   5.8          0.9         YES           433           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  3.4          0.2         YES           444           27         YES

      Durable goods                                3.6          0.3         YES           297           20         YES

      Nondurable goods                             3.1          0.4         YES           147           16         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           4.9          0.2         YES          1339           64         YES

      Wholesale trade                              3.3          0.4         YES           195           21         YES

      Retail trade                                 6.1          0.3         YES           939           44         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   3.4          0.5         YES           204           26         YES

    Information                                    0.8          0.6         YES            26           17         YES

    Financial activities                           2.1          0.3         YES           182           24         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.7          0.3         YES            51           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           5.7          0.5         YES           132           12         YES

    Professional and business services             2.5          0.5         YES           541           85         YES

    Education and health services                  4.3          0.2         YES          1058           45         YES

      Educational services                         5.8          0.4         YES           231           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            4.0          0.2         YES           826           41         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       28.8          0.5         YES          4607           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         19.7          1.7         YES           453           36         YES

      Accommodation and food services             30.4          0.4         YES          4155           62         YES

    Other services                                15.8          0.8         YES           927           48         YES

  Government                                       0.3          0.1         YES            72           28         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            2

    State and local                                0.4          0.1         YES            70           28         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.1         YES            31           14         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.2         YES            38           17         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      7.4          0.3         YES          2069           80         YES

    South                                          5.3          0.2         YES          2945           99         YES

    Midwest                                        7.6          0.3         YES          2506           94         YES

    West                                           6.1          0.3         YES          2126           92         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 15, 2020.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.