TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and August 2023,
         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                                         0.0           0.1                       -1            192

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       14            191
    Mining and logging                                0.4           0.8                        3              5
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -19             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        8             27
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        6             17
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.4                        2             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                       -7             71
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.4                      -18             23
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.3                        4             51
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.5                        8             32
    Information                                      -0.6           0.8                      -19             23
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                       12             23
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                        8             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.2           0.6                        4             14
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.5                       15             91
    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       24             43
      Educational services                            0.0           0.4                        2             14
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       21             41
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.5                       13             80
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           1.6                        6             35
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                        7             61
    Other services                                   -0.3           0.8                      -15             47
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -14             24
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -1              3
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -12             24
      State and local education                       0.2           0.2                       27             16         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.4           0.1         YES          -39             12         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -31             81
    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -15            109
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.3                       74             85
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -27            102

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.