TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2024 and March 2024,
         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                                        -0.1           0.1                     -155            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -155            211
    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.8                        1              5
    Construction                                     -0.7           1.0                      -63             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                       -3             31
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                        3             19
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.4                       -6             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -18             81
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.5                       -5             30
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       12             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           0.5                      -25             36
    Information                                       0.2           0.7                        6             21
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.3                       -2             26
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                       -3             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.6                        1             15
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.5                      -34             96
    Private education and health services             0.1           0.2                        8             48
      Private educational services                    0.4           0.4                       18             13         YES
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                       -9             43
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.4           0.5                      -66             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.5           1.5                      -39             32         YES
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.5                      -27             66
    Other services                                    0.3           0.7                       17             43
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        0             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -1             25
      State and local education                       0.2           0.1         YES           14             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.2                      -15             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                      -11             82
    South                                            -0.2           0.2                     -124            119         YES
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -60             88
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       41            101

   SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 2024.
  *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.