TABLE 11: 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
     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*

Total nonfarm                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -298          206         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -302          202         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.4          0.8                        -3            5
    Construction                                  -1.9          0.9         YES          -144           69         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -12           30
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -1           23
      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                       -11           18
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                       -29           80
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.5                         7           29
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                         1           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.5                       -36           34         YES
    Information                                   -0.2          0.8                        -6           23
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -14           26
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.3                       -17           17
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          0.7                         4           16
    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.5                       -29           93
    Private education and health services         -0.1          0.2                        -5           55
      Private educational services                 0.0          0.3                        -1           12
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        -3           53
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -52           75
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.5                         4           33
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.5                       -56           68
    Other services                                -0.1          0.8                        -9           48
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         3           28
    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         2           28
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         7           13
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                        -4           17

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -21           83
    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -120          111         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                      -108           91         YES
    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -50          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-year change.