TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and December 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                                        -0.1           0.1                     -243            177         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.1                     -144            176

    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.9                        1              6

    Construction                                     -0.2           0.9                      -17             61

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        8             27

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        5             18

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.4                        3             19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.2         YES          -87             64         YES

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.3           0.3                      -21             19         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.3                      -14             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.9           0.5         YES          -52             28         YES

    Information                                       0.1           0.6                        2             16

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.3                       -3             23

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.3                      -12             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           0.6                        9             13

    Professional and business services               -0.4           0.4                      -71             74

    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.2                      -35             44

      Educational services                            0.2           0.4                        7             14

      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.2                      -42             38         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.5         YES           63             79

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             3.1           1.8         YES           50             42         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.3           0.4                       14             59

    Other services                                   -0.1           0.8                       -5             46

  Government                                         -0.5           0.1         YES          -99             26         YES

    Federal                                          -3.0           0.1         YES          -87              2         YES

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -11             26

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -7             17

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -4             13



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                        8             74

    South                                            -0.2           0.2                      -70            100

    Midwest                                          -0.5           0.3         YES         -161             89         YES

    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -19             86



  (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, February 9, 2021.

  *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.