TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2013 and February 2013,

         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                                              0.1           0.1                       95            194            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0           0.2                       86            192            

  Government                                       0.1           0.1                       10             22            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0           0.3                       11             84            

    South                                          0.1           0.2                       46            109            

    Midwest                                        0.1           0.3                       40             87            

    West                                           0.0           0.3                       -1             92            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 9, 2013.

  *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.