TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2016 and September 2016,

         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                                        -0.2           0.1         YES         -218            190         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -186            185         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.8           0.6         YES           -5              4         YES

    Construction                                     -0.2           0.9                      -13             59

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -12             36

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.3                       -7             26

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.4                       -4             19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                        4             67

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.2           0.5                      -14             27

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       13             53

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.5                        4             26

    Information                                      -0.4           0.4                       -9             13

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                        3             28

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        0             18

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.8                        4             17

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.5                      -10             75

    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.2         YES          -61             38         YES

      Educational services                            0.0           0.5                        0             14

      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.2         YES          -61             34         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.6           0.6                     -102             77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -2.6           1.8         YES          -60             34         YES

      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           0.5                      -41             60

    Other services                                    0.3           0.8                       17             43

  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -31             23         YES

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              2

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -32             22         YES

      State and local education                      -0.2           0.1         YES          -23             11         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -9             14



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.3                      -68             82

    South                                            -0.2           0.2                     -105            101         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -30             85

    West                                              0.0           0.3                      -15             89



  (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, November 8, 2016.

  *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.