TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and August 2023,
         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.                                            0.0           0.1                       -1            192            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.5           0.4         YES          -10              8         YES
    Alaska                                            0.3           0.6                        1              2            
    Arizona                                           0.0           0.4                        2             11            
    Arkansas                                         -0.2           0.4                       -2              6            
    California                                        0.0           0.2                       -9             33            
    Colorado                                         -0.3           0.4                       -7             12            
    Connecticut                                      -0.2           0.4                       -3              7            
    Delaware                                         -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    District of Columbia                             -0.1           0.5                       -1              4            
    Florida                                           0.0           0.3                        8             22            
    Georgia                                           0.2           0.3                       10             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.0           0.6                        0              4            
    Idaho                                             0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Illinois                                          0.6           0.3         YES           37             16         YES
    Indiana                                          -0.2           0.4                       -7             12            
    Iowa                                              0.2           0.4                        2              6            
    Kansas                                            0.2           0.4                        4              5            
    Kentucky                                         -0.1           0.4                       -2              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.0           0.5                       -1              9            
    Maine                                            -0.3           0.5                       -2              3            
    Maryland                                         -0.1           0.4                       -5             11            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.7           0.3         YES          -24             12         YES
    Michigan                                          0.0           0.3                        3             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.9           0.3         YES           25             10         YES
    Mississippi                                      -0.6           0.5         YES           -7              6         YES
    Missouri                                          0.1           0.4                        3             10            
    Montana                                          -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.2           0.4                        3              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.1           0.5                       -1              7            
    New Hampshire                                    -0.6           0.5         YES           -4              3         YES
    New Jersey                                       -0.5           0.3         YES          -20             12         YES
    New Mexico                                       -0.4           0.5                       -3              4            
    New York                                          0.3           0.3         YES           29             24         YES
    North Carolina                                    0.3           0.4                       11             17            
    North Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.1           0.3                       -5             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.1           0.4                        2              7            
    Oregon                                            0.1           0.4                        1              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.0           0.3                       -3             17            
    Rhode Island                                     -0.4           0.6                       -2              3            
    South Carolina                                   -0.1           0.4                       -1              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Tennessee                                        -0.3           0.4                      -10             13            
    Texas                                             0.0           0.2                       12             28            
    Utah                                             -0.1           0.4                       -1              7            
    Vermont                                          -0.6           0.6                       -2              2         YES
    Virginia                                         -0.4           0.4         YES          -16             14         YES
    Washington                                       -0.2           0.4                       -7             12            
    West Virginia                                    -0.1           0.5                       -1              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.2           0.3                        7             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.8                        0              2