TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and September 2019,

          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                                      0.1          0.1                       193          180         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       191          175         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.8                        -1            6

    Construction                                   0.5          0.9                        47           58

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        16           30

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        10           21

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         6           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        42           65

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.4                        25           23         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        16           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         2           28

    Information                                   -0.4          0.6                       -12           17

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                         4           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -16           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          0.6         YES            20           13         YES

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.4                        66           77

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        20           49

      Educational services                         0.0          0.4                         1           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        19           44

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        28           72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.8                       -14           40

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.4                        42           54

    Other services                                -0.3          0.8                       -21           46

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         2           26

    Federal                                        0.2          0.1         YES             4            2         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -1           26

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -17           12         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        16           15         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -17           79

    South                                          0.2          0.2                        88           96

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                         8           93

    West                                           0.3          0.3                       115           86         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 5, 2019.

  *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.