TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and November 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                      -124          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                      -126          175

    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.8                         1            6

    Construction                                   0.4          0.9                        42           58

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -20           30

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         6           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.4         YES           -27           17         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.2                       -66           65         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.4                        -5           23

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.3                       -50           49         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.5                       -11           28

    Information                                    0.0          0.6                         1           17

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -16           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -19           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          0.6                         3           13

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.4                         4           77

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        15           49

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.4                        -6           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        22           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -34           72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.8                        -5           40

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.4                       -28           54

    Other services                                -0.9          0.8         YES           -52           46         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         2           26

    Federal                                        0.3          0.1         YES             7            2         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -6           26

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -8           12

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         4           15



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        56           79

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -155           96         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -57           93

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        33           86



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 17, 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.