TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and December 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                                         0.0           0.1                      -29            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                      -31            211
    Mining and logging                                1.1           0.8         YES            6              5         YES
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                        3             79
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.2                      -14             31
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                       -5             19
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.4                       -9             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.4           0.3         YES           99             81         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.5                       -2             30
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       16             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.2           0.5         YES           87             36         YES
    Information                                      -0.4           0.7                      -12             21
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                        4             26
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                       10             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.6                       -5             15
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.5                      -66             96
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       17             48
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.4                        0             13
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       17             43
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.4           0.5                      -61             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.5                      -10             32
      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           0.5                      -52             66
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.7                       -5             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                        2             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        2             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        2             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                        0             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.3                       33             82
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       85            119
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       15             88
    West                                             -0.4           0.3         YES         -162            101         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 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.