TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2025 and January 2026,
         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                      -35            237

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                      -40            236
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.6                       -1              4
    Construction                                      0.1           0.9                       15             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                        7             33
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.3                        4             23
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.4                        2             21
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -49             76
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.5                        5             32
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                        1             57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.8           0.5         YES          -55             33         YES
    Information                                       0.0           0.7                        0             20
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                        6             26
      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.3                       12             18
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.6                       -7             15
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.6                      -35            115
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       -5             56
      Private Educational Services                   -0.3           0.3                      -10             13
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                        4             54
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.5                       25             85
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.6                        0             37
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       25             73
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.7                       -1             36
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        5             22
    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        1              2
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        5             22
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        1             13
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.1                        4             12

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       45             90
    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -82            125
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       19             86
    West                                              0.0           0.3                      -18            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 2026.
  *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.