TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and November 2023,
          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                        21          198

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        20          196
    Mining and logging                             0.3          0.8                         1            6
    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        29           72
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                        -3           28
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                        -6           21
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         3           17
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        36           75
      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                        -1           26
      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        46           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.5                       -10           32
    Information                                   -0.3          0.8                       -12           24
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.3         YES           -38           26         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.3         YES           -40           18         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.6                         2           14
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.5                       -33           92
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        23           54
      Educational services                         0.0          0.4                         0           13
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        24           49
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                        14           79
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.6                        -2           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.6                        17           72
    Other services                                 0.0          0.9                         3           51
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         0           28
    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         1            3
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -2           28
      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         6           14
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -8           16

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        16           83
    South                                          0.0          0.2                       -10          104
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -45           96
    West                                           0.1          0.3                        59          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 2024.
  *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.