TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2024 and May 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                      112            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      110            211
    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.8                        0              5
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.0                       -5             79
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.2                      -16             31
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.2                      -13             19
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.4                       -3             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                       -2             81
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.5                       -7             30
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                       -6             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.5                       11             36
    Information                                       0.3           0.7                        8             21
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.3                        6             26
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        1             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.6                        4             15
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.5                       71             96
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       -4             48
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.4                       -1             13
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                       -3             43
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.5                       21             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           1.5                        5             32
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       17             66
    Other services                                    0.5           0.7                       32             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                        2             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              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            0.0           0.2                        0             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                        9             82
    South                                             0.1           0.2                      104            119
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       -6             88
    West                                              0.0           0.3                        5            101

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