TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2017 and September 2018,

          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          -160          192



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -143          189

    Mining and logging                             0.5          0.7                         5            5

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -35           65

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -16           36

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         2           26

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -17           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        88           70         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.5                        10           26

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.3         YES            60           52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.5                        18           25

    Information                                    0.0          0.5                        -1           15

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         9           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.3                        20           19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.9                       -11           18

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.5                         8           76

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                        -4           38

      Educational services                         0.1          0.4                         3           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        -7           34

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.5         YES          -158           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -4.5          1.8         YES          -105           34         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.5                       -53           59

    Other services                                -0.7          0.8                       -39           41

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                       -18           22

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -6            3         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -12           22

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                        20           11         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.1         YES           -31           14         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.3         YES          -135           82         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        69          104

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                         5           89

    West                                          -0.3          0.3                      -100           93         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 6, 2018.

  *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.