TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and December 2023,
         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-year  significant significance over-the-year  significant significance
           STATE                                    change        change*                  change         change*
           
Total U.S.                                            0.1           0.1                      128            198            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.1           0.4                       -2              8            
    Alaska                                            0.5           0.6                        2              2            
    Arizona                                           0.3           0.4                       11             11         YES
    Arkansas                                          0.1           0.4                        1              6            
    California                                        0.0           0.2                        0             33            
    Colorado                                          0.3           0.4                       10             12            
    Connecticut                                       0.2           0.4                        2              7            
    Delaware                                          0.0           0.6                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.3           0.5                        2              4            
    Florida                                           0.2           0.3                       25             22         YES
    Georgia                                           0.1           0.3                        5             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.3           0.6                        2              4            
    Idaho                                             0.5           0.5                        5              4         YES
    Illinois                                         -0.2           0.3                      -14             16            
    Indiana                                           0.6           0.4         YES           19             12         YES
    Iowa                                             -0.1           0.4                       -2              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.1           0.4                       -1              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.2           0.4                        4              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.3           0.5                        7              9            
    Maine                                             0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    Maryland                                          0.4           0.4                       10             11            
    Massachusetts                                     0.1           0.3                        4             12            
    Michigan                                         -0.4           0.3         YES          -17             14         YES
    Minnesota                                         0.1           0.3                        4             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.2           0.5                        2              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.3           0.4                       -8             10            
    Montana                                           0.4           0.6                        2              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.2           0.4                        2              4            
    Nevada                                            0.4           0.5                        8              7         YES
    New Hampshire                                    -0.7           0.5         YES           -5              3         YES
    New Jersey                                       -0.7           0.3         YES          -30             12         YES
    New Mexico                                        0.6           0.5         YES            5              4         YES
    New York                                          0.1           0.3                        6             24            
    North Carolina                                    0.5           0.4         YES           25             17         YES
    North Dakota                                     -0.1           0.5                        0              2            
    Ohio                                              0.1           0.3                        6             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.1           0.4                        2              7            
    Oregon                                            0.3           0.4                        6              8            
    Pennsylvania                                     -0.5           0.3         YES          -28             17         YES
    Rhode Island                                      0.0           0.6                       -1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.3           0.4                        7              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.1           0.5                        0              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.2           0.4                        6             13            
    Texas                                             0.2           0.2                       26             28            
    Utah                                              0.3           0.4                        6              7            
    Vermont                                           0.0           0.6                        0              2            
    Virginia                                          0.3           0.4                       15             14         YES
    Washington                                       -0.1           0.4                       -3             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.3           0.5                        2              3            
    Wisconsin                                        -0.2           0.3                       -6             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.3           0.8                        1              2