TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and January 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                      -35            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       -1            211
    Mining and logging                                1.1           0.8         YES            7              5         YES
    Construction                                      0.5           1.0                       37             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        7             31
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        7             19
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.4                        0             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -21             81
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.5                        5             30
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                       -6             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.5                      -20             36
    Information                                      -0.5           0.7                      -15             21
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       17             26
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        1             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.6           0.6                       15             15
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.5                       85             96
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.2                      -40             48
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.4                        1             13
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                      -42             43
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           0.5                      -62             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.5                       -3             32
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.5                      -59             66
    Other services                                   -0.2           0.7                      -16             43
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -34             25         YES
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -3              3
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -29             25         YES
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.1         YES          -19             15         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.2                      -11             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.3                       22             82
    South                                             0.0           0.2                        3            119
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -30             88
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -31            101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 2024.
  *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.