TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2025 and April 2025,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                         0.1           0.2                      196            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.2                      219            233
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.7                       -1              4
    Construction                                      0.3           1.0                       26             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                       14             33
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.3                        9             22
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.5                        4             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -19             79
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.6                       -5             32
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.4                      -22             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.5                        7             35
    Information                                      -0.1           0.7                       -4             19
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.4                        9             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                        9             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.7                        0             17
    Professional and business services                0.4           0.5                       82            111
    Private Education and Health Services             0.2           0.2                       53             52         YES
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.3                        0             12
      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.2         YES           52             51         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.6                       57             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.5                        1             34
      Accommodation and food services                 0.4           0.6                       57             77
    Other services                                    0.1           0.7                        3             43
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -24             25
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.1         YES           -4              2         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                      -19             25
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -5             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                      -14             13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       68             86
    South                                             0.2           0.2                      125            123         YES
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       16             93
    West                                              0.0           0.3                      -12            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 3, 2025.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.