TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and May 2024, 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 0.1 167 206 Alabama 0.1 0.4 3 8 Alaska 0.6 0.7 3 2 YES Arizona 0.6 0.4 YES 19 11 YES Arkansas 0.1 0.5 1 6 California 0.1 0.2 27 37 Colorado 0.7 0.5 YES 20 13 YES Connecticut 0.4 0.4 7 7 YES Delaware 0.1 0.7 0 3 District of Columbia 0.1 0.5 1 4 Florida 0.3 0.3 YES 27 23 YES Georgia -0.5 0.3 YES -26 15 YES Hawaii 0.4 0.6 2 4 Idaho 0.7 0.5 YES 6 4 YES Illinois 0.1 0.3 11 16 Indiana -0.2 0.4 -7 12 Iowa -0.2 0.4 -3 6 Kansas 0.0 0.3 0 5 Kentucky 0.1 0.4 2 8 Louisiana 0.4 0.5 8 10 Maine 0.4 0.5 3 3 Maryland 0.0 0.4 -1 11 Massachusetts 0.3 0.4 15 13 YES Michigan -0.4 0.3 YES -16 14 YES Minnesota -0.4 0.3 YES -10 10 YES Mississippi -0.4 0.5 -5 6 Missouri 0.0 0.3 -2 10 Montana 1.3 0.6 YES 8 3 YES Nebraska -0.2 0.4 -2 4 Nevada 0.7 0.6 YES 11 8 YES New Hampshire 0.3 0.5 3 3 New Jersey 0.3 0.3 15 12 YES New Mexico 0.5 0.5 YES 4 4 YES New York 0.1 0.3 3 24 North Carolina -0.3 0.4 -12 17 North Dakota -0.1 0.5 0 2 Ohio -0.2 0.3 -14 16 Oklahoma 0.3 0.4 5 7 Oregon 0.5 0.4 YES 9 8 YES Pennsylvania 0.2 0.3 13 18 Rhode Island 0.4 0.5 2 3 South Carolina 0.0 0.4 2 9 South Dakota -0.1 0.5 0 2 Tennessee 0.2 0.4 5 13 Texas 0.0 0.2 -1 28 Utah 0.5 0.4 YES 9 7 YES Vermont 0.5 0.6 2 2 YES Virginia 0.2 0.4 10 15 Washington 0.4 0.4 YES 15 13 YES West Virginia 0.0 0.5 0 3 Wisconsin -0.2 0.3 -4 10 Wyoming 0.5 0.8 2 2