TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and December 2023,
          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                                      0.1          0.1                       128          198

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       123          196
    Mining and logging                             0.0          0.8                         0            6
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                         4           72
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.2                       -17           28
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                        -3           21
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -16           17
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        39           75
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.5                       -18           26
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                        -3           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.5         YES            61           32         YES
    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -25           24         YES
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.3                        15           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         8           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          0.6                         7           14
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.5                        63           92
    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         1           54
      Educational services                        -0.2          0.4                       -10           13
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        10           49
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        26           79
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.6                        18           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.6                         8           72
    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        16           51
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           28
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         8           28
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         2           14
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         7           16

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -51           83
    South                                          0.2          0.2                       141          104         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -15           96
    West                                           0.1          0.3                        53          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 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.