TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2016 and October 2017,

          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                       -10          191



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        11          189

    Mining and logging                             0.3          0.6                         2            5

    Construction                                  -0.7          1.0                       -43           66

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        -4           36

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         0           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -3           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                        -7           70

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.5                         1           27

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                         1           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.5                        -9           26

    Information                                   -0.1          0.5                        -4           15

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.4                        26           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.3         YES            33           19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          0.9                        -7           19

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.5                         8           79

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        -8           38

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         6           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -14           33

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                       -11           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.8                        -3           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                        -8           59

    Other services                                 0.9          0.7         YES            53           40         YES

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -21           22

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            3

    State and local                               -0.2          0.1         YES           -24           22         YES

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1           10

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.1         YES           -25           14         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                       -12           82

    South                                         -0.1          0.2                        -6          105

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -11           89

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        18           94



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 11, 2017.

  *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.