TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2010 and June 2010,

         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                                    change        change*                  change         change*



Total (1)                                          0.1           0.2                      130            205            



  Total private                                    0.0           0.2                      -43            204            

  Government                                       0.8           0.1         YES          172             22         YES



  (1) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 11, 2010.

  *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.