TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2020 and June 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                                         0.0           0.1                      -18            177



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.1                       24            176

    Mining and logging                               -0.7           0.9                       -5              6

    Construction                                      0.0           0.9                        5             61

    Manufacturing                                     0.4           0.2         YES           49             27         YES

      Durable goods                                   0.4           0.2         YES           38             18         YES

      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.4                       10             19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.2                      -35             64

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.3           0.3                      -19             19

      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.3                      -19             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.5                        4             28

    Information                                      -0.1           0.6                       -4             16

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                       13             23

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.3                       19             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.6                       -6             13

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.4                       -8             74

    Education and health services                    -0.4           0.2         YES          -75             44         YES

      Educational services                           -0.1           0.4                       -4             14

      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.2         YES          -71             38         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.5                       89             79         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.8                       19             42

      Accommodation and food services                 0.3           0.4                       70             59         YES

    Other services                                   -0.3           0.8                       -6             46

  Government                                         -0.2           0.1         YES          -42             26         YES

    Federal                                          -0.3           0.1         YES          -10              2         YES

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -33             26         YES

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -8             17

      State and local, excluding education           -0.3           0.1         YES          -24             13         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                       -7             74

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                       -5            100

    Midwest                                          -0.3           0.3                      -65             89

    West                                              0.1           0.3                       58             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, August 10, 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.