TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and August 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                                         0.0           0.2                      -62            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                      -67            233
    Mining and logging                                0.4           0.7                        3              4
    Construction                                     -0.4           1.0                      -29             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                        5             33
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.3                        6             22
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.5                       -1             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -63             79
      Wholesale trade                                -0.6           0.6                      -36             32         YES
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.4                      -20             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.5                       -8             35
    Information                                      -0.2           0.7                       -5             19
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.4                       14             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                        9             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.2           0.7                        5             17
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.5                       34            111
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       -4             52
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.3                        4             12
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                       -7             51
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.6                       -8             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.5                      -28             34
      Accommodation and food services                 0.1           0.6                       20             77
    Other services                                   -0.2           0.7                      -11             43
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        5             25
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.1         YES           -4              2         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                        9             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -4             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.1         YES           13             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.3           0.3                       71             86
    South                                            -0.2           0.2                     -101            123
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.3                       25             93
    West                                             -0.2           0.3                      -56            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 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.