TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and November 2022,
         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                      -95            196

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                      -92            195
    Mining and logging                                0.3           0.9                        1              6
    Construction                                     -0.3           1.0                      -22             72
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        3             29
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                        5             18
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.4                       -2             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -17             68
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.4                        5             23
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.3                      -26             47
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.5                        3             33
    Information                                      -0.2           0.7                       -5             20
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       19             23
      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.3                       19             16         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.7                        0             15
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.5                      -42             87
    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                        9             43
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.4                       -6             14
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       15             37
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.5                      -31             78
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           1.5                       -3             32
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.5                      -27             62
    Other services                                   -0.2           0.8                       -8             47
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       -3             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              2
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -3             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -6             16
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                        3             14

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -22             80
    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -20            109
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -56             92
    West                                              0.0           0.3                        4             96

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 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.