TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and August 2024,
         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           0.1                     -105            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                      -97            211
    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.8                        1              5
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.0                      -11             79
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -10             31
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.2                      -14             19
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.4                        5             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                      -20             81
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.5                        1             30
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.4                      -25             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.5                        3             36
    Information                                       0.0           0.7                        2             21
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.3                        4             26
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                       -3             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           0.6                        7             15
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.5                       64             96
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.2                      -51             48         YES
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.4                        0             13
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.2                      -52             43         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           0.5                      -49             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.5                       -5             32
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.5                      -44             66
    Other services                                   -0.4           0.7                      -26             43
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                       -8             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -8             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                       -4             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                       -4             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.3                      -92             82         YES
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       63            119
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                      -19             88
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -57            101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024.
  *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.