TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2012 and October 2013,

          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                                             -0.2          0.2                      -253          203         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -250          202         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.6                         6            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.4          1.0                       -16           66            

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -26           42            

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.4                       -18           32            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.5                        -8           22            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.3                       -77           81            

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.6                       -14           32            

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.4                       -55           54         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.6                        -8           30            

    Information                                    0.2          0.5                         6           16            

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.4                         9           34            

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         8           20            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         1           22            

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.5                       -49           82            

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                       -13           39            

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -3           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                       -10           33            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.6                       -39           79            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          1.9                        26           36            

      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.6                       -65           61         YES

    Other services                                -1.0          0.8         YES           -50           43         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -3           23            

      Federal                                      0.1          0.1                         3            3            

      State and local                              0.0          0.1                        -6           22            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -41           88            

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                       -97          113            

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -12           92            

    West                                          -0.4          0.3         YES          -103           99         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 10, 2013.

  *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.