TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2023 and March 2024,
         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-year  significant significance over-the-year  significant significance
           STATE                                    change        change*                  change         change*
           
Total U.S.                                           -0.2           0.1         YES         -298            206         YES
           
    Alabama                                           0.3           0.4                        8              8            
    Alaska                                            0.1           0.6                        1              2            
    Arizona                                           0.0           0.4                        4             11            
    Arkansas                                         -0.4           0.4                       -4              6            
    California                                       -0.5           0.2         YES          -87             33         YES
    Colorado                                         -0.4           0.4                      -11             12            
    Connecticut                                      -0.2           0.4                       -4              7            
    Delaware                                         -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Florida                                           0.1           0.3                        8             22            
    Georgia                                          -0.5           0.3         YES          -23             15         YES
    Hawaii                                            0.2           0.6                        2              4            
    Idaho                                             0.3           0.5                        3              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.4           0.3         YES          -23             16         YES
    Indiana                                          -0.2           0.4                       -7             12            
    Iowa                                             -0.2           0.4                       -2              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.1           0.4                       -2              5            
    Kentucky                                         -0.3           0.4                       -4              8            
    Louisiana                                        -0.5           0.5         YES          -11              9         YES
    Maine                                            -0.5           0.5                       -3              3            
    Maryland                                         -0.4           0.4                      -11             11         YES
    Massachusetts                                    -0.4           0.3         YES          -15             12         YES
    Michigan                                         -0.2           0.3                       -8             14            
    Minnesota                                        -0.1           0.3                       -3             10            
    Mississippi                                      -0.2           0.5                       -2              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.1           0.4                       -4             10            
    Montana                                           0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    Nebraska                                         -0.1           0.4                       -1              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.1           0.5                        0              7            
    New Hampshire                                    -0.6           0.5         YES           -3              3            
    New Jersey                                       -0.6           0.3         YES          -23             12         YES
    New Mexico                                        0.2           0.5                        1              4            
    New York                                          0.0           0.3                        8             24            
    North Carolina                                   -0.6           0.4         YES          -27             17         YES
    North Dakota                                      0.1           0.5                        0              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.1           0.3                       -5             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                            0.2           0.4                        4              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.3           0.3         YES           20             17         YES
    Rhode Island                                     -0.6           0.6         YES           -2              3            
    South Carolina                                   -0.2           0.4                       -6              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.1           0.5                        1              2            
    Tennessee                                        -0.7           0.4         YES          -23             13         YES
    Texas                                            -0.2           0.2                      -28             28            
    Utah                                              0.3           0.4                        5              7            
    Vermont                                          -0.5           0.6                       -2              2         YES
    Virginia                                         -0.2           0.4                       -7             14            
    Washington                                       -0.1           0.4                       -6             12            
    West Virginia                                    -0.2           0.5                       -1              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.0           0.3                       -2             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.4           0.8                        1              2