TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2022 and May 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.                                            0.0           0.1                        2            198            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.2           0.4                       -5              8            
    Alaska                                            0.1           0.6                        0              2            
    Arizona                                          -0.3           0.4                       -9             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.0           0.4                        0              6            
    California                                       -0.3           0.2         YES          -54             33         YES
    Colorado                                         -0.1           0.4                       -3             12            
    Connecticut                                       0.1           0.4                        1              7            
    Delaware                                          0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Florida                                           0.0           0.3                        2             22            
    Georgia                                           0.0           0.3                        3             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.1           0.6                        0              4            
    Idaho                                             0.0           0.5                        1              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.3           0.3         YES          -11             16            
    Indiana                                           0.4           0.4         YES           14             12         YES
    Iowa                                              0.2           0.4                        2              6            
    Kansas                                            0.2           0.4                        4              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.0           0.4                        1              8            
    Louisiana                                        -0.2           0.5                       -4              9            
    Maine                                             0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    Maryland                                          0.2           0.4                        6             11            
    Massachusetts                                     0.2           0.3                        5             12            
    Michigan                                          0.4           0.3         YES           19             14         YES
    Minnesota                                        -0.1           0.3                       -3             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.7           0.5         YES            7              6         YES
    Missouri                                         -0.2           0.4                       -3             10            
    Montana                                           0.1           0.6                        1              3            
    Nebraska                                         -0.2           0.4                       -1              4            
    Nevada                                            0.1           0.5                        1              7            
    New Hampshire                                     0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    New Jersey                                       -0.3           0.3         YES          -14             12         YES
    New Mexico                                       -0.3           0.5                       -2              4            
    New York                                         -0.2           0.3                      -15             24            
    North Carolina                                   -0.1           0.4                       -1             17            
    North Dakota                                     -0.8           0.5         YES           -3              2         YES
    Ohio                                              0.1           0.3                       10             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                            0.1           0.4                        3              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.2           0.3                       14             17            
    Rhode Island                                      0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.1           0.4                        2              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.1           0.5                        0              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.2           0.4                        5             13            
    Texas                                             0.0           0.2                        7             28            
    Utah                                              0.2           0.4                        5              7            
    Vermont                                           0.1           0.6                        1              2            
    Virginia                                          0.1           0.4                        3             14            
    Washington                                       -0.1           0.4                       -2             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.3           0.5                        1              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.4           0.3         YES           12             10         YES
    Wyoming                                           0.1           0.8                        0              2