TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and September 2017,

          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                                      0.2          0.1         YES           226          191         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       221          189         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          0.6                        -2            5

    Construction                                   0.6          1.0                        45           66

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                         4           36

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                        -2           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         7           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                        -8           70

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.5                         2           27

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.4                       -19           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.5                        10           26

    Information                                    0.3          0.5                         7           15

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.4                        -4           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          0.9                         3           19

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.5                        16           79

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.2                        48           38         YES

      Educational services                         0.3          0.5                         9           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.2                        38           33         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.6         YES           133           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.9          1.8         YES            70           34         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.5                        63           59         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          0.7                       -19           40

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         6           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                         7           22

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -6           10

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.1         YES            13           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        77           82

    South                                          0.2          0.2                        96          105

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                         7           89

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        49           94



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 7, 2017.

  *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.