TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2025 and December 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                       61            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       70            233
    Mining and logging                                0.3           0.7                        2              4
    Construction                                      0.4           1.0                       32             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                        7             33
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.3                        5             22
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.5                        2             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.3                       88             79         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.6                      -12             32
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                       -3             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.5           0.5         YES          103             35         YES
    Information                                       0.0           0.7                        1             19
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.4                      -14             33
      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.3                      -20             19         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           0.7                        6             17
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.5                      -53            111
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       10             52
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.3                       -6             12
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       16             51
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.6                       -5             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.3           1.5                      -33             34
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.6                       27             77
    Other services                                    0.0           0.7                        3             43
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       -9             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                       -1              2
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -8             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -1             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -7             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -23             86
    South                                             0.0           0.2                        3            123
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.3                       77             93
    West                                              0.0           0.3                        5            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 2026.
  *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.