TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2025 and February 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                      116            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       96            233
    Mining and logging                                0.0           0.7                        0              4
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.0                       -4             80
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -12             33
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.3                      -12             22
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.5                       -1             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.3                       31             79
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.6                        5             32
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.4                       67             58         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           0.5                      -42             35         YES
    Information                                       0.7           0.7                       19             19
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.4                       26             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        1             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.9           0.7         YES           24             17         YES
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.5                       47            111
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                        7             52
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.3                        4             12
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                        3             51
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.6                        2             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.5                       18             34
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.6                      -15             77
    Other services                                   -0.4           0.7                      -20             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       21             25
    Federal                                           0.6           0.1         YES           18              2         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        4             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -1             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.1                        5             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.3                       41             86
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       87            123
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -48             93
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       38            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 1, 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.