TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2024 and October 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                                        -0.1           0.1                     -169            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -179            211
    Mining and logging                                0.3           0.8                        1              5
    Construction                                     -0.8           1.0                      -73             79
    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.2         YES          -45             31         YES
      Durable goods                                  -0.4           0.2         YES          -37             19         YES
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.4                       -6             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.3                       53             81
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.5                       -7             30
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.4                       60             54         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.5                        0             36
    Information                                      -0.3           0.7                      -10             21
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.3                        1             26
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                        9             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.6                       -8             15
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.5                      -10             96
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                        6             48
      Private Educational Services                   -0.4           0.4                      -14             13         YES
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       20             43
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.5                      -93             83         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.2           1.5                      -32             32
      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           0.5                      -61             66
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.7                      -10             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       10             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              3
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       11             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        0             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.2                       11             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.3                      -70             82
    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -40            119
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -91             88         YES
    West                                              0.0           0.3                       31            101

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