TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and November 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                       21            198            
           
    Alabama                                           0.1           0.4                        2              8            
    Alaska                                           -0.3           0.6                       -1              2            
    Arizona                                           0.4           0.4         YES           11             11         YES
    Arkansas                                         -0.2           0.4                       -2              6            
    California                                        0.3           0.2         YES           45             33         YES
    Colorado                                         -0.5           0.4         YES          -14             12         YES
    Connecticut                                       0.0           0.4                       -1              7            
    Delaware                                         -0.1           0.6                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                             -0.2           0.5                       -1              4            
    Florida                                          -0.1           0.3                      -11             22            
    Georgia                                           0.0           0.3                       -1             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.0           0.6                        1              4            
    Idaho                                             0.3           0.5                        3              4            
    Illinois                                         -1.2           0.3         YES          -76             16         YES
    Indiana                                           0.4           0.4         YES           13             12         YES
    Iowa                                              0.1           0.4                        2              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.1           0.4                       -1              5            
    Kentucky                                         -0.1           0.4                       -3              8            
    Louisiana                                        -0.2           0.5                       -4              9            
    Maine                                             0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Maryland                                         -0.2           0.4                       -4             11            
    Massachusetts                                     0.2           0.3                        6             12            
    Michigan                                          0.1           0.3                        4             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.1           0.3                        3             10            
    Mississippi                                      -0.1           0.5                       -2              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.1           0.4                        1             10            
    Montana                                           0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.1           0.4                        1              4            
    Nevada                                            0.0           0.5                        2              7            
    New Hampshire                                    -1.0           0.5         YES           -7              3         YES
    New Jersey                                       -0.3           0.3         YES          -12             12            
    New Mexico                                       -0.1           0.5                       -1              4            
    New York                                          0.3           0.3         YES           26             24         YES
    North Carolina                                    0.1           0.4                        5             17            
    North Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Ohio                                              0.1           0.3                        4             16            
    Oklahoma                                         -0.1           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                            0.2           0.4                        2              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.1           0.3                        5             17            
    Rhode Island                                     -0.1           0.6                        0              3            
    South Carolina                                   -0.1           0.4                       -1              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.0           0.4                        0             13            
    Texas                                             0.1           0.2                       19             28            
    Utah                                              0.3           0.4                        6              7            
    Vermont                                          -0.2           0.6                        0              2            
    Virginia                                         -0.2           0.4                       -6             14            
    Washington                                        0.1           0.4                        4             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.1           0.3                        3             10            
    Wyoming                                          -0.1           0.8                        0              2