TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and September 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                                        -0.1           0.1                     -165            192

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -133            191
    Mining and logging                                0.0           0.8                        0              5
    Construction                                     -0.3           1.0                      -25             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -22             27
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.2                      -11             17
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.4                      -10             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                      -13             71
      Wholesale trade                                 0.3           0.4                       18             23
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.3                      -17             51
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.2           0.5                      -15             32
    Information                                      -0.1           0.8                       -2             23
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                        5             23
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                       -4             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           0.6                        9             14
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.5                      -64             91
    Education and health services                     0.0           0.2                       -8             43
      Educational services                           -0.2           0.4                       -5             14
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                       -2             41
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.5                       15             80
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.0           1.6                       26             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.5                      -11             61
    Other services                                   -0.4           0.8                      -19             47
  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -32             24         YES
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              3
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -33             24         YES
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.2                      -22             16         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                      -11             12

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -37             81
    South                                             0.0           0.2                       -5            109
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -76             85
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -48            102

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 2023.
  *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.