TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 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                      121            198            
           
    Alabama                                           0.1           0.4                        4              8            
    Alaska                                           -0.2           0.6                       -1              2            
    Arizona                                           0.1           0.4                        2             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.0           0.4                        1              6            
    California                                        0.1           0.2                       26             33            
    Colorado                                          0.1           0.4                        4             12            
    Connecticut                                       0.5           0.4         YES            8              7         YES
    Delaware                                          0.0           0.6                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.1           0.5                        1              4            
    Florida                                           0.1           0.3                       17             22            
    Georgia                                          -0.4           0.3         YES          -17             15         YES
    Hawaii                                            0.0           0.6                        0              4            
    Idaho                                             0.1           0.5                        2              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.3           0.3         YES          -17             16         YES
    Indiana                                          -0.3           0.4                      -10             12            
    Iowa                                              0.0           0.4                       -1              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.2           0.4                       -2              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.0           0.4                        1              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.4           0.5                        8              9            
    Maine                                             1.3           0.5         YES            9              3         YES
    Maryland                                         -0.5           0.4         YES          -11             11         YES
    Massachusetts                                     0.4           0.3         YES           13             12         YES
    Michigan                                         -0.1           0.3                        0             14            
    Minnesota                                        -0.2           0.3                       -4             10            
    Mississippi                                      -0.1           0.5                        0              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.1           0.4                       -1             10            
    Montana                                           0.9           0.6         YES            5              3         YES
    Nebraska                                         -0.1           0.4                       -2              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.5           0.5                       -6              7            
    New Hampshire                                    -0.3           0.5                       -2              3            
    New Jersey                                        0.8           0.3         YES           39             12         YES
    New Mexico                                        0.1           0.5                        0              4            
    New York                                          0.3           0.3         YES           35             24         YES
    North Carolina                                   -0.1           0.4                       -1             17            
    North Dakota                                     -0.4           0.5                       -2              2            
    Ohio                                              0.0           0.3                       -2             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.1           0.4                        1              7            
    Oregon                                            0.1           0.4                        2              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.6           0.3         YES           38             17         YES
    Rhode Island                                      0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.3           0.4                        7              9            
    South Dakota                                     -0.1           0.5                        0              2            
    Tennessee                                        -0.4           0.4                      -13             13         YES
    Texas                                            -0.1           0.2                      -14             28            
    Utah                                              0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Vermont                                           0.6           0.6                        2              2         YES
    Virginia                                          0.1           0.4                        5             14            
    Washington                                        0.1           0.4                        1             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.1           0.5                        0              3            
    Wisconsin                                        -0.1           0.3                       -3             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.8                        1              2