TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and September 2023,
          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                                      0.0          0.1                        51          198

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       112          196
    Mining and logging                             0.1          0.8                         1            6
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -48           72
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        14           28
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        17           21
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -2           17
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                       -28           75
      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.5                        15           26
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.4                       -22           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.5                       -21           32
    Information                                   -0.2          0.8                        -8           24
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                         0           26
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -15           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.6          0.6                        15           14         YES
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.5                        27           92
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        32           54
      Educational services                        -0.1          0.4                        -1           13
      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        33           49
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.5         YES           113           79         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.8          1.6                        28           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.6                        85           72         YES
    Other services                                 0.1          0.9                         9           51
  Government                                      -0.3          0.1         YES           -62           28         YES
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -4            3         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.1         YES           -59           28         YES
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -6           14
      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.2         YES           -53           16         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -31           83
    South                                          0.1          0.2                        92          104
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        13           96
    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -24          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 2023.
  *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.