TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and July 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                       69            198            
           
    Alabama                                           0.1           0.4                        3              8            
    Alaska                                            0.0           0.6                        0              2            
    Arizona                                           0.2           0.4                        7             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.1           0.4                        2              6            
    California                                        0.1           0.2                       32             33            
    Colorado                                          0.2           0.4                        6             12            
    Connecticut                                       0.5           0.4         YES            9              7         YES
    Delaware                                          0.1           0.6                        1              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        1              4            
    Florida                                          -0.4           0.3         YES          -33             22         YES
    Georgia                                          -0.5           0.3         YES          -23             15         YES
    Hawaii                                            0.2           0.6                        1              4            
    Idaho                                            -0.4           0.5                       -3              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.1           0.3                       -5             16            
    Indiana                                           0.3           0.4                       10             12            
    Iowa                                              0.1           0.4                        2              6            
    Kansas                                            0.1           0.4                        1              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.1           0.4                        2              8            
    Louisiana                                        -0.1           0.5                       -2              9            
    Maine                                             0.4           0.5                        2              3            
    Maryland                                          0.1           0.4                        2             11            
    Massachusetts                                     0.3           0.3                       16             12         YES
    Michigan                                          0.3           0.3                       14             14         YES
    Minnesota                                        -0.1           0.3                       -1             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.4           0.5                        4              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.2           0.4                       -5             10            
    Montana                                           0.2           0.6                        2              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.1           0.4                        1              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.4           0.5                       -5              7            
    New Hampshire                                     0.6           0.5         YES            4              3         YES
    New Jersey                                       -0.1           0.3                       -3             12            
    New Mexico                                        0.3           0.5                        3              4            
    New York                                          0.6           0.3         YES           60             24         YES
    North Carolina                                   -0.3           0.4                      -15             17            
    North Dakota                                      0.0           0.5                        1              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.6           0.3         YES          -35             16         YES
    Oklahoma                                          0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                            0.1           0.4                        2              8            
    Pennsylvania                                     -0.4           0.3         YES          -25             17         YES
    Rhode Island                                      0.7           0.6         YES            4              3         YES
    South Carolina                                    0.5           0.4         YES           13              9         YES
    South Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.1           0.4                        3             13            
    Texas                                             0.1           0.2                       13             28            
    Utah                                              0.3           0.4                        6              7            
    Vermont                                           0.5           0.6                        2              2         YES
    Virginia                                          0.4           0.4         YES           15             14         YES
    Washington                                       -0.5           0.4         YES          -15             12         YES
    West Virginia                                     0.3           0.5                        2              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.0           0.3                       -1             10            
    Wyoming                                          -0.2           0.8                        0              2