TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2020 and January 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                     -136            191



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -142            190

    Mining and logging                               -0.7           1.0                       -4              7

    Construction                                      0.2           0.9                       17             68

    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.2                      -26             29

      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.2                      -15             20

      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.4                      -11             20

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.6           0.3         YES          161             74         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.4           0.4                       20             22

      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.3                       30             52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.9           0.5         YES          113             32         YES

    Information                                      -0.3           0.7                       -9             19

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.3                      -17             25

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                      -11             18

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.7                       -5             15

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.4                      -43             82

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.2                        1             46

      Educational services                           -0.4           0.4                      -14             15

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       17             43

    Leisure and hospitality                          -1.8           0.5         YES         -235             81         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.5           1.8                      -27             40

      Accommodation and food services                -1.8           0.4         YES         -209             61         YES

    Other services                                    0.2           0.8                       12             46

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        5             26

    Federal                                           0.2           0.1         YES            5              3         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        0             26

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -4             18

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.2                        4             14



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.3                      -39             79

    South                                             0.0           0.2                       -9            107

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -43             91

    West                                             -0.2           0.3                      -47             92



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.