TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2018 and May 2019,

          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                                     -0.1          0.1                       -32          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -38          175

    Mining and logging                            -1.4          0.8         YES           -10            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          0.9                        56           58

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -12           30

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -2           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                       -10           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                        16           65

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.4                        14           23

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        19           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.5                       -17           28

    Information                                   -0.1          0.6                        -3           17

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.3         YES           -32           25         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.3         YES           -35           19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.6                         4           13

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.4                        53           77

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        11           49

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.4                         1           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        11           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.5                       -77           72         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.8                         2           40

      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.4         YES           -79           54         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          0.8                       -42           46

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         6           26

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         0            2

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         6           26

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                        13           12         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -7           15



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        40           79

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                       -86           96

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.3         YES          -128           93         YES

    West                                           0.4          0.3         YES           142           86         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 9, 2019.

  *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.