TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and August 2025,
          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                                      0.0          0.1                        54          211

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        55          209
    Mining and logging                             0.4          0.7                         3            4
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        15           72
    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        24           32
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        17           23
      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         8           19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                       -36           80
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -13           31
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                         1           58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.5                       -24           35
    Information                                   -0.4          0.8                       -12           22
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                        -9           27
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                        -1           20
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          0.8                        -8           18
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.5                        21          105
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.3                         3           63
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.4                         4           13
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                         0           59
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.6                        40           77
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          1.5                        37           33         YES
      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                         3           68
    Other services                                 0.1          0.8                         4           45
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         0           25
    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            2
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         0           24
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -17           14         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        17           15         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           141           84         YES
    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -79          119
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        59           93
    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -66          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 2025.
  *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.