TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and November 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                       17            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       19            211
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.8                       -1              5
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -14             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                       -2             31
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        6             19
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.4                       -9             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -37             81
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.5                        3             30
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.4                      -33             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.5                       -6             36
    Information                                       0.3           0.7                        9             21
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.3                       -4             26
      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.3                      -17             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.6           0.6                       13             15
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.5                      -18             96
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       -6             48
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.4                       -3             13
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                       -3             43
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.5         YES          108             83         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           1.5                        7             32
      Accommodation and food services                 0.7           0.5         YES          102             66         YES
    Other services                                   -0.2           0.7                      -16             43
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       -1             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                       -1              3
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -1             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                       -3             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                        2             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.3                       33             82
    South                                            -0.2           0.2                     -103            119
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.3                       26             88
    West                                              0.1           0.3                       61            101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 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.