TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 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                                         0.0           0.1                     -116            192

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -115            191
    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.8                        0              5
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                        8             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -19             27
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.2                      -18             17         YES
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.4                       -1             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                       10             71
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.4                        0             23
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.3                       17             51
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.5                       -8             32
    Information                                       0.5           0.8                       17             23
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.3                       -4             23
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                       -1             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.6                       -3             14
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.5                      -66             91
    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.2                      -33             43
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.4                       -6             14
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.2                      -28             41
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.5                      -21             80
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           1.6                        1             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.5                      -22             61
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.8                       -7             47
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       -1             24
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -1             24
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -6             16
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        5             12

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.5           0.3         YES         -146             81         YES
    South                                             0.0           0.2                      -11            109
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       -3             85
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       44            102

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 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.