TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2020 and May 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                                        -4.5           0.1         YES        -5912            177         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -5.4           0.1         YES        -5809            176         YES

    Mining and logging                               -6.2           0.9         YES          -40              6         YES

    Construction                                     -8.1           0.9         YES         -517             61         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -4.5           0.2         YES         -517             27         YES

      Durable goods                                  -5.3           0.2         YES         -375             18         YES

      Nondurable goods                               -3.3           0.4         YES         -143             19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -4.5           0.2         YES        -1076             64         YES

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -2.2           0.3         YES         -120             19         YES

      Retail trade                                   -5.8           0.3         YES         -758             46         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -3.5           0.5         YES         -197             28         YES

    Information                                      -2.6           0.6         YES          -68             16         YES

    Financial activities                             -1.7           0.3         YES         -150             23         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.3         YES          -27             19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -5.8           0.6         YES         -123             13         YES

    Professional and business services               -2.9           0.4         YES         -552             74         YES

    Education and health services                    -3.4           0.2         YES         -731             44         YES

      Educational services                           -6.1           0.4         YES         -204             14         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -2.8           0.2         YES         -527             38         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           -17           0.5         YES        -1460             79         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             -18           1.8         YES         -208             42         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 -17           0.4         YES        -1251             59         YES

    Other services                                    -15           0.8         YES         -698             46         YES

  Government                                         -0.4           0.1         YES         -103             26         YES

    Federal                                           0.6           0.1         YES           16              2         YES

    State and local                                  -0.6           0.1         YES         -118             26         YES

      State and local education                      -0.4           0.2         YES          -40             17         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.8           0.1         YES          -78             13         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -4.7           0.3         YES        -1114             74         YES

    South                                            -4.0           0.2         YES        -1890            100         YES

    Midwest                                          -4.5           0.3         YES        -1270             89         YES

    West                                             -5.4           0.3         YES        -1638             86         YES



  (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, July 7, 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.