TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and January 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                      241            192         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.2                      242            191         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.8                        0              5
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                        6             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                       13             27
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                        3             17
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.4                       11             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                       18             71
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.4                        3             23
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.3                       -1             51
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.5                       16             32
    Information                                       0.0           0.8                        1             23
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       15             23
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        3             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           0.6                       13             14
    Professional and business services                0.8           0.5         YES          190             91         YES
    Education and health services                     0.0           0.2                       -9             43
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.4                       -1             14
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                       -8             41
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.5                        5             80
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           1.6                        7             35
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                       -2             61
    Other services                                    0.0           0.8                        0             47
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        0             24
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -5              3         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                        5             24
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        8             16
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -3             12

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                        0             81
    South                                             0.3           0.2         YES          192            109         YES
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       15             85
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       33            102

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 8, 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.