TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2018 and October 2019,

          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                       -90          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                      -102          175

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.8                         4            6

    Construction                                   1.6          0.9         YES           126           58         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.2                       -24           30

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -19           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -5           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.2         YES           -72           65         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.4                        -2           23

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.3         YES           -69           49         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.5                        -2           28

    Information                                    0.7          0.6         YES            18           17         YES

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                         3           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.6                        11           13

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.4                        -7           77

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         6           49

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.4                        -3           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                         9           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.5         YES          -100           72         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.8                        -1           40

      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.4         YES          -100           54         YES

    Other services                                -1.0          0.8         YES           -56           46         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        12           26

    Federal                                        0.6          0.1         YES            17            2         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -5           26

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -8           12

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         2           15



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        14           79

    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -58           96

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.3         YES          -114           93         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        68           86



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 17, 2019.

  *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.