TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2025 and May 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                     -188            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -202            233
    Mining and logging                               -0.3           0.7                       -1              4
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -12             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                       -5             33
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.3                        0             22
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.5                       -4             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.3                       24             79
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.6                        7             32
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       21             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.5                       -3             35
    Information                                      -0.2           0.7                       -6             19
    Financial activities                             -0.5           0.4         YES          -48             33         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -0.7           0.3         YES          -47             19         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.7                       -1             17
    Professional and business services               -0.4           0.5                      -78            111
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.2                      -45             52
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.3                       -2             12
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.2                      -43             51
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.6                      -18             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.5                       -1             34
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.6                      -18             77
    Other services                                   -0.2           0.7                      -11             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       14             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              2
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       13             25
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        6             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        7             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                      -13             86
    South                                            -0.3           0.2         YES         -197            123         YES
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                        1             93
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       19            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 1, 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.