TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2025 and April 2025,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
           STATE                                    change        change*                  change         change*
           
Total U.S.                                            0.1           0.2                      196            234            
           
    Alabama                                           0.1           0.4                        4              8            
    Alaska                                           -0.3           0.7                       -1              2            
    Arizona                                          -0.1           0.4                       -2             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.5           0.5                        7              6         YES
    California                                        0.2           0.2                       32             37            
    Colorado                                         -0.5           0.5                      -16             13         YES
    Connecticut                                      -0.2           0.4                       -4              7            
    Delaware                                          0.0           0.7                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.1           0.5                        1              4            
    Florida                                           0.4           0.3         YES           39             23         YES
    Georgia                                           0.3           0.3                       13             15            
    Hawaii                                           -0.2           0.6                       -1              4            
    Idaho                                            -0.3           0.5                       -2              4            
    Illinois                                          0.1           0.3                        7             16            
    Indiana                                          -0.1           0.4                       -3             12            
    Iowa                                             -0.3           0.4                       -5              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.1           0.3                       -1              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.4           0.4                        7              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.2           0.5                        4             10            
    Maine                                            -0.2           0.5                       -1              3            
    Maryland                                          0.3           0.4                        9             11            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.1           0.4                       -4             13            
    Michigan                                          0.4           0.3         YES           17             14         YES
    Minnesota                                         0.2           0.3                        4             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.3           0.5                        4              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.1           0.3                       -2             10            
    Montana                                          -0.8           0.6         YES           -4              3         YES
    Nebraska                                          0.0           0.4                        0              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.4           0.6                       -6              8            
    New Hampshire                                     0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    New Jersey                                        0.4           0.3         YES           20             12         YES
    New Mexico                                       -0.1           0.5                       -1              4            
    New York                                          0.4           0.3         YES           34             24         YES
    North Carolina                                    0.3           0.4                       16             17            
    North Dakota                                     -0.2           0.5                       -1              2            
    Ohio                                              0.0           0.3                        0             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.2           0.4                        3              7            
    Oregon                                           -0.1           0.4                       -2              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.3           0.3                       20             18         YES
    Rhode Island                                      0.2           0.5                        1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.3           0.4                        7              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.0           0.5                        0              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.4           0.4                       14             13         YES
    Texas                                            -0.3           0.2         YES          -37             28         YES
    Utah                                              0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Vermont                                           0.3           0.6                        1              2            
    Virginia                                          0.7           0.4         YES           31             15         YES
    Washington                                       -0.2           0.4                       -8             13            
    West Virginia                                     0.4           0.5                        3              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.0           0.3                        0             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.8                        0              2