TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2020 and August 2020,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -0.3           0.1         YES         -272            177         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.1         YES         -282            176         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.7           0.9                       -5              6

    Construction                                      0.1           0.9                        8             61

    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.2         YES          -49             27         YES

      Durable goods                                  -0.6           0.2         YES          -42             18         YES

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.4                       -7             19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.2                       24             64

      Wholesale trade (1)                             0.1           0.3                        8             19

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.3                       23             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.5                       -5             28

    Information                                       0.1           0.6                        3             16

    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.3         YES          -32             23         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.5           0.3         YES          -29             19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           0.6                       -3             13

    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.4         YES          -95             74         YES

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       10             44

      Educational services                           -0.4           0.4                      -12             14

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       22             38

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.8           0.5         YES         -102             79         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -2.6           1.8         YES          -42             42

      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           0.4         YES          -62             59         YES

    Other services                                   -0.8           0.8                      -46             46

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       10             26

    Federal                                           0.3           0.1         YES           12              2         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -1             26

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        4             17

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -5             13



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.3                      -37             74

    South                                            -0.2           0.2                     -125            100         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -18             89

    West                                             -0.3           0.3                      -92             86         YES



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 6, 2020.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.