TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2011 and September 2012,

          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                                             -0.1          0.2                       -97          201            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -60          199            

    Mining and logging                             0.0          0.6                         0            4            

    Construction                                   1.0          1.0                        57           66            

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                       -13           43            

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.4                         3           32            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.5                       -16           26            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         4           82            

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                         7           32            

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.3                       -29           53            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.6                        26           30            

    Information                                   -0.3          0.5                        -6           16            

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.4                       -27           35            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.4                       -20           21            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                        -8           23            

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.5                        -3           80            

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         9           39            

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.5                       -10           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        19           33            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.6                       -66           79            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.6          1.9         YES           -53           35         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.6                       -14           61            

    Other services                                -0.3          0.8                       -15           43            

  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -37           23         YES

      Federal                                      0.0          0.1                         0            3            

      State and local                             -0.2          0.1         YES           -38           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -22           89            

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        34          114            

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -65           90            

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -45          104            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 6, 2012.

  *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.