TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2023 and March 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                                         0.2           0.1         YES          248            192         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.2                      257            191         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.3           0.8                        2              5
    Construction                                      1.4           1.0         YES          112             76         YES
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                        8             27
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.2                       12             17
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.4                       -5             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -39             71
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.4                       -7             23
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.3                      -21             51
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.2           0.5                      -11             32
    Information                                      -0.4           0.8                      -11             23
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       12             23
      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.3                       11             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.6                        1             14
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.5                       49             91
    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       38             43
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.4                       -4             14
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.2                       42             41         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.4           0.5                       74             80
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.4           1.6                       11             35
      Accommodation and food services                 0.4           0.5                       63             61         YES
    Other services                                    0.2           0.8                       12             47
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                       -9             24
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                       -9             24
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -3             16
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -6             12

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       53             81
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       79            109
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.3                       33             85
    West                                              0.2           0.3                       83            102

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 2, 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.