TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and October 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                       -22          206

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -27          202
    Mining and logging                             0.1          0.8                         1            5
    Construction                                  -0.9          0.9                       -71           69         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -19           30
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -15           23
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -4           18
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        73           80
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -13           29
      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        64           57         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.5                        23           34
    Information                                    0.3          0.8                        10           23
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                        -6           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         8           17
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.7                       -14           16
    Professional and business services             0.4          0.5                        93           93
    Private Education and Health Services          0.1          0.2                        16           55
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.3                         1           12
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        15           53
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.5         YES          -123           75         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.5                        -4           33
      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.5         YES          -118           68         YES
    Other services                                 0.0          0.8                         0           48
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           28
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         9           28
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -3           13
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        11           17

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.3         YES          -175           83         YES
    South                                          0.2          0.2                        90          111
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                       -10           91
    West                                           0.1          0.3                        73          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 3, 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.