TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and December 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                                      0.0          0.1                       174          206

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       187          202
    Mining and logging                             1.6          0.8         YES            10            5         YES
    Construction                                  -0.4          0.9                       -28           69
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                        -4           30
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                        -4           23
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -1           18
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           141           80         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.5                         0           29
      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            80           57         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.5         YES            60           34         YES
    Information                                   -0.2          0.8                        -9           23
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         9           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                         3           17
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.7                         5           16
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.5                        14           93
    Private Education and Health Services          0.2          0.2                        45           55
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.3                         4           12
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        41           53
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        24           75
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.5                         4           33
      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.5                        21           68
    Other services                                -0.3          0.8                       -16           48
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                       -13           28
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -4            3         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -8           28
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1           13
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -10           17

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        86           83         YES
    South                                          0.1          0.2                       104          111
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        62           91
    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -77          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 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.