TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2017 and October 2018,

          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                                     -0.1          0.1                       -45          192



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       -45          189

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          0.7                        -1            5

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -35           65

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        23           36

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        21           26

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         3           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        91           70         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.5                        15           26

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.3                        46           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.5                        29           25         YES

    Information                                   -0.7          0.5         YES           -19           15         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.3         YES           -35           28         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -24           19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.9                       -10           18

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.5                         0           76

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -19           38

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.4                       -11           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        -8           34

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.5                       -28           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.8                       -23           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                        -6           59

    Other services                                -0.4          0.8                       -21           41

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         0           22

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -5            3         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                         5           22

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         6           11

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -1           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -12           82

    South                                          0.0          0.2                         8          104

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        41           89

    West                                          -0.3          0.3                       -82           93



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 10, 2018.

  *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.