TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2025 and October 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                       73            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       53            233
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.7                       -1              4
    Construction                                     -0.8           1.0                      -68             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                       10             33
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.3                        7             22
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.5                        3             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.3                       18             79
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.6                        5             32
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                       -1             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.5                       14             35
    Information                                       0.0           0.7                        0             19
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.4                      -15             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                       -3             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.4           0.7                      -11             17
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.5                       -5            111
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                        9             52
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.3                        2             12
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                        7             51
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.6         YES          117             86         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.5                      -13             34
      Accommodation and food services                 0.9           0.6         YES          130             77         YES
    Other services                                   -0.2           0.7                      -12             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       19             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                       -2              2
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       21             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -3             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.1         YES           23             13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       39             86
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       53            123
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.3                       27             93
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -45            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.