TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and December 2021,

         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                     -140            191



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -148            190

    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.0                       -3              7

    Construction                                     -0.3           0.9                      -24             68

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                       11             29

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        8             20

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.4                        3             20

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.3                      -93             74         YES

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.4                       -6             22

      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.3         YES          -67             52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.5                      -21             32

    Information                                       0.4           0.7                       11             19

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                        7             25

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                        5             18

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.7                        1             15

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.4                      -47             82

    Education and health services                     0.2           0.2                       38             46

      Educational services                           -0.1           0.4                       -2             15

      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.2                       41             43

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.5                      -30             81

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.2           1.8                      -25             40

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.4                       -6             61

    Other services                                   -0.3           0.8                      -19             46

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        9             26

    Federal                                           0.5           0.1         YES           14              3         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -5             26

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -4             18

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                       -1             14



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.4           0.3         YES         -107             79         YES

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -45            107

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       -3             91

    West                                              0.1           0.3                       15             92



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2022.

  *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.