TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and June 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                                        -0.2           0.1         YES         -180            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -175            211
    Mining and logging                                0.3           0.8                        1              5
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -17             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        5             31
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        4             19
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.4                        2             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.3                       21             81
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.5                       -1             30
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       25             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.5                       -3             36
    Information                                      -0.1           0.7                       -5             21
    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.3         YES          -38             26         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.3         YES          -26             17         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.5           0.6                      -12             15
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.5                      -30             96
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.2                      -24             48
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.4                       -5             13
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                      -21             43
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.5                      -76             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.5                      -25             32
      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           0.5                      -51             66
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.7                       -9             43
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                       -5             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                       -2              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -3             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        3             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.2                       -6             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -48             82
    South                                             0.0           0.2                       -9            119
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -32             88
    West                                             -0.2           0.3                      -92            101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 30, 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.