TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and November 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. 0.2 0.1 YES 233 206 YES Alabama -0.2 0.4 -4 8 Alaska 0.6 0.7 2 2 Arizona -0.3 0.4 -11 11 Arkansas -0.1 0.5 -1 6 California 0.6 0.2 YES 100 37 YES Colorado 0.0 0.5 1 13 Connecticut 0.6 0.4 YES 10 7 YES Delaware -0.1 0.7 -1 3 District of Columbia 0.0 0.5 0 4 Florida -0.1 0.3 -7 23 Georgia 0.0 0.3 3 15 Hawaii 0.2 0.6 2 4 Idaho 0.0 0.5 1 4 Illinois 0.3 0.3 18 16 YES Indiana 0.0 0.4 1 12 Iowa 0.1 0.4 1 6 Kansas 0.3 0.3 5 5 Kentucky 0.2 0.4 4 8 Louisiana 0.1 0.5 1 10 Maine 0.9 0.5 YES 6 3 YES Maryland 0.0 0.4 1 11 Massachusetts 0.0 0.4 1 13 Michigan 0.8 0.3 YES 38 14 YES Minnesota 0.0 0.3 0 10 Mississippi 0.1 0.5 0 6 Missouri 0.1 0.3 2 10 Montana 0.3 0.6 2 3 Nebraska 0.0 0.4 0 4 Nevada 0.1 0.6 0 8 New Hampshire 0.5 0.5 4 3 YES New Jersey 0.3 0.3 11 12 New Mexico 0.2 0.5 2 4 New York 0.1 0.3 5 24 North Carolina 0.1 0.4 9 17 North Dakota 0.3 0.5 2 2 Ohio -0.3 0.3 -17 16 YES Oklahoma 0.1 0.4 2 7 Oregon 0.3 0.4 6 8 Pennsylvania 0.2 0.3 9 18 Rhode Island 0.6 0.5 YES 3 3 South Carolina 0.1 0.4 3 9 South Dakota 0.1 0.5 0 2 Tennessee 0.4 0.4 14 13 YES Texas 0.0 0.2 -6 28 Utah 0.4 0.4 6 7 Vermont 0.7 0.6 YES 2 2 Virginia 0.1 0.4 3 15 Washington -0.1 0.4 -1 13 West Virginia -0.1 0.5 0 3 Wisconsin 0.0 0.3 -1 10 Wyoming 0.3 0.8 1 2