TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 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                       121          198

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       130          196
    Mining and logging                             0.4          0.8                         3            6
    Construction                                  -0.1          1.0                        -5           72
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        20           28
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        18           21
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         2           17
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                        10           75
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.5                         1           26
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                         2           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.5                         8           32
    Information                                   -0.9          0.8         YES           -28           24         YES
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         8           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                         3           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.6                         5           14
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.5                        42           92
    Education and health services                  0.3          0.2         YES            59           54         YES
      Educational services                        -0.2          0.4                        -8           13
      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        66           49         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                        -8           79
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.6                        -3           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.6                        -6           72
    Other services                                 0.5          0.9                        27           51
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -9           28
    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         3            3
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -12           28
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         5           14
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -17           16         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           145           83         YES
    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -12          104
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -46           96
    West                                           0.0          0.3                        34          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 5, 2023.
  *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.