TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and March 2021,

          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                                     -7.8          0.1         YES        -11639          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -9.1          0.2         YES        -11479          190         YES

    Mining and logging                            -4.9          1.0         YES           -33            7         YES

    Construction                                  -6.6          1.0         YES          -484           69         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -4.7          0.2         YES          -610           29         YES

      Durable goods                               -4.7          0.3         YES          -381           21         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -4.9          0.4         YES          -229           18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -6.7          0.3         YES         -1842           71         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -3.2          0.4         YES          -192           23         YES

      Retail trade                                -8.3          0.3         YES         -1273           52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -6.0          0.5         YES          -375           28         YES

    Information                                   -5.9          0.6         YES          -172           18         YES

    Financial activities                          -2.0          0.3         YES          -180           25         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.3         YES           -39           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -6.1          0.6         YES          -140           14         YES

    Professional and business services            -4.4          0.4         YES          -928           80         YES

    Education and health services                 -5.7          0.2         YES         -1415           49         YES

      Educational services                        -7.6          0.4         YES          -294           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -5.4          0.2         YES         -1121           43         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        -32          0.5         YES         -4975           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          -25          1.7         YES          -561           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              -33          0.5         YES         -4414           66         YES

    Other services                                 -14          0.9         YES          -841           50         YES

  Government                                      -0.6          0.1         YES          -160           31         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -4            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.8          0.2         YES          -156           30         YES

      State and local education                   -0.9          0.1         YES          -100           15         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.2         YES           -56           18         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -9.3          0.3         YES         -2556           82         YES

    South                                         -6.5          0.2         YES         -3613          108         YES

    Midwest                                       -8.4          0.3         YES         -2715           97         YES

    West                                          -7.8          0.3         YES         -2755           97         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 11, 2021.

  *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.