TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2019 and September 2020,

          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                                     -0.4          0.1         YES          -720          183         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.1         YES          -728          180         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.1          0.9                         0            7

    Construction                                  -1.5          0.9         YES          -122           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.2                       -30           27         YES

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                        -9           20

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -21           16         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.2         YES          -113           64         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.8          0.4         YES           -49           21         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.3         YES           -67           44         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         2           26

    Information                                   -0.3          0.6                       -10           17

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                        -2           24

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         4           17

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          0.5                        -5           12

    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.5         YES          -158           85         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -28           45

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.4                        -7           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -22           41

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.5         YES          -221           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.7                       -40           36         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.4         YES          -182           62         YES

    Other services                                -0.6          0.8                       -41           48

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         7           28

    Federal                                        1.5          0.1         YES            49            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.1         YES           -41           28         YES

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -6           14

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -35           17         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.3         YES          -178           80         YES

    South                                         -0.6          0.2         YES          -368           99         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -70           94

    West                                          -0.3          0.3                      -104           92         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 10, 2020.

  *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.