TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and November 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                                     -0.6          0.1         YES          -713          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -591          190         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.2          1.0                         0            7

    Construction                                  -0.1          1.0                        -3           69

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -13           29

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -4           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                       -10           18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -56           71

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.4                       -26           23         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                       -25           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.5                        -5           28

    Information                                   -0.2          0.6                        -2           18

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.3                       -24           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -19           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          0.6                        -5           14

    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.4         YES          -160           80         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.2                       -57           49         YES

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.4                        -7           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.2                       -50           43         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.4          0.5         YES          -297           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          1.7                        45           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -3.0          0.5         YES          -343           66         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          0.9                        24           50

  Government                                      -0.6          0.1         YES          -123           31         YES

    Federal                                       -3.3          0.1         YES           -95            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -28           30

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         0           15

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -28           18         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.3                       -80           82

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -110          108         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.3         YES          -255           97         YES

    West                                          -0.9          0.3         YES          -270           97         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 2022.

  *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.