TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2015 and October 2016,

          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                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -247          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -237          189         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.8          0.6         YES            -8            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -12           65

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -13           37

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                       -11           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -2           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                       -15           70

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -10           27

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                       -14           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                         7           26

    Information                                   -0.6          0.5         YES           -15           15

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.4                        -2           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.3                        -9           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          0.9                         7           19

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.5                       -85           82         YES

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        22           38

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -7           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        29           33

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.6                       -76           75         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.2          1.7         YES           -45           32         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.5                       -31           59

    Other services                                -0.6          0.8                       -32           41

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -11           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                        -9           22

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -16           10         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                         5           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                       -14           83

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -156          106         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                        -7           91

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -71           96



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 7, 2016.

  *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.