TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2023 and January 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                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -326          206         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -301          202         YES
    Mining and logging                             1.8          0.8         YES            11            5         YES
    Construction                                   0.7          0.9                        60           69
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         1           30
      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         7           23
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -6           18
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.3         YES          -169           80         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -11           29
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.4                       -26           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.8          0.5         YES          -130           34         YES
    Information                                   -1.2          0.8         YES           -36           23         YES
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                        11           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        10           17
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.7                         2           16
    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.5                       -67           93
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.2                       -46           55
      Private Educational Services                -0.2          0.3                        -6           12
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.3                       -40           53
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -44           75
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.5                         9           33
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.5                       -55           68
    Other services                                -0.4          0.8                       -24           48
  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -25           28
    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                        -1            3
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -23           28
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -14           13         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                        -9           17

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.3                       -73           83
    South                                         -0.5          0.2         YES          -232          111         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -48           91
    West                                           0.1          0.3                        27          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 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.