TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2015 and December 2015,

         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                                     -0.1           0.1                      -79            193



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1           0.2                      -80            190

  Government                                       0.0           0.1                        0             22



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0           0.3                        1             80

    South                                         -0.1           0.2                      -32            103

    Midwest                                       -0.1           0.3                       -9             85

    West                                          -0.1           0.3                      -39             88



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2016.

  *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.