TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2015 and September 2016,

          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                                     -0.3          0.1         YES          -446          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -449          189         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.8          0.6         YES            -7            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.4          1.0                       -21           65

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                       -14           37

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -7           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -6           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                       -17           70

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.5                         9           27

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                       -12           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.5                       -14           26

    Information                                   -0.4          0.5                       -11           15

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.4                       -13           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -6           19

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

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.5         YES          -137           82         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.2         YES           -46           38         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -2           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.2         YES           -44           33         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.6         YES          -147           75         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.9          1.7         YES           -40           32         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.5         YES          -107           59         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          0.8                       -38           41

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         3           22

    Federal                                        0.2          0.1         YES             6            3         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -3           22

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -8           10

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                         6           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -39           83

    South                                         -0.4          0.2         YES          -211          106         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -78           91

    West                                          -0.4          0.3         YES          -119           96         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 8, 2016.

  *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.