TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and January 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                                        -0.1           0.2                      -34            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                      -13            233
    Mining and logging                               -1.3           0.7         YES           -8              4         YES
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                       12             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                        6             33
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.3                       12             22
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.5                       -7             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -41             79
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.6                        9             32
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.4                      -29             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.5                      -21             35
    Information                                       0.1           0.7                        2             19
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.4                      -15             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                       -2             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.6           0.7                      -14             17
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.5                       62            111
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.2                      -20             52
      Private Educational Services                   -0.2           0.3                       -5             12
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                      -14             51
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.6                      -33             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.3           1.5                       -7             34
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.6                      -27             77
    Other services                                    0.3           0.7                       23             43
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -21             25
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -1              2
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -19             25
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -13             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -7             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -13             86
    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -78            123
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                        1             93
    West                                              0.2           0.3                       58            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.