TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 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                                      0.1          0.1                       119          211

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       146          209
    Mining and logging                            -0.9          0.7         YES            -6            4         YES
    Construction                                   0.4          1.0                        33           72
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        -3           32
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         6           23
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -8           19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                       -29           80
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -14           31
      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.4         YES           -78           58         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.5         YES            63           35         YES
    Information                                    0.7          0.8                        22           22
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -16           27
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.3                       -13           20
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.8                        -3           18
    Professional and business services             0.7          0.5         YES           161          105         YES
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.3                        12           63
      Private Educational Services                 0.0          0.4                         2           13
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        11           59
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.6                       -33           77
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.5                       -10           33
      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.5                       -22           68
    Other services                                 0.1          0.8                         3           45
  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -27           25         YES
    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                        -1            2
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -26           24         YES
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -17           14         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -9           15

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        23           84
    South                                          0.0          0.2                        -2          119
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                         1           93
    West                                           0.3          0.3                        97          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 2026.
  *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.