TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and November 2022,
          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                                      0.0          0.1                        29          205

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        25          201
    Mining and logging                             0.4          0.9                         2            6
    Construction                                  -0.4          1.1                       -26           78
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        15           30
      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         9           20
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         5           19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         0           75
      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.4                        12           24
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.3                       -41           53
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.5                        28           31
    Information                                    0.3          0.7                        12           21
    Financial activities                           0.5          0.3         YES            46           26         YES
      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.3         YES            39           18         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          0.7                         8           15
    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.5                       -20           88
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        15           52
      Educational services                         0.0          0.4                         0           14
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        14           48
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                         3           85
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.6                         9           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.5                        -7           72
    Other services                                -0.4          1.0                       -22           58
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           28
    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         1            3
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         4           28
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -6           14
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        10           16

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -31           83
    South                                          0.0          0.2                        10          111
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                         0           99
    West                                           0.2          0.3                        50          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 2023.
  *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.