TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2023 and February 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                                        -0.1           0.1                     -215            192         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -203            191         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.3           0.8                        2              5
    Construction                                      0.2           1.0                       14             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                        0             27
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                       -4             17
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.4                        4             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -31             71
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.4                      -19             23
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.3                       10             51
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.5                      -22             32
    Information                                       0.4           0.8                       10             23
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.3                      -13             23
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        1             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.6           0.6                      -14             14
    Professional and business services               -0.7           0.5         YES         -157             91         YES
    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                        9             43
      Educational services                            0.1           0.4                        5             14
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                        4             41
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           0.5                      -42             80
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.5           1.6                       12             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.5                      -54             61
    Other services                                    0.1           0.8                        5             47
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -10             24
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                      -12             24
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -7             16
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -6             12

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.3                      -79             81
    South                                            -0.3           0.2         YES         -173            109         YES
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                        0             85
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       37            102

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