TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2025 and November 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                     -163            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -142            233
    Mining and logging                                0.0           0.7                        0              4
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -20             80
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.3                      -20             33
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.3                      -18             22
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.5                       -3             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -36             79
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.6                        3             32
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.4                      -29             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.5                      -11             35
    Information                                       0.2           0.7                        4             19
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.4                        6             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                       -1             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           0.7                        7             17
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.5                       57            111
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.2                      -45             52
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.3                        6             12
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.2                      -52             51         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.6                      -91             86         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.5           1.5                       15             34
      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.6         YES         -107             77         YES
    Other services                                    0.0           0.7                        4             43
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -21             25
    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        1              2
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -22             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        4             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.3           0.1         YES          -26             13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.3                      -59             86
    South                                             0.0           0.2                        5            123
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -93             93
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -16            110

  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.