TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and December 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                       85            192            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.3           0.4                       -5              8            
    Alaska                                            0.3           0.6                        1              2            
    Arizona                                          -0.3           0.4                       -7             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.1           0.4                        1              6            
    California                                        0.0           0.2                       -8             33            
    Colorado                                         -0.1           0.4                       -4             12            
    Connecticut                                       0.1           0.4                        2              7            
    Delaware                                          0.0           0.6                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Florida                                           0.1           0.3                       10             22            
    Georgia                                          -0.2           0.3                       -7             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.2           0.6                        1              4            
    Idaho                                             0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Illinois                                          0.3           0.3         YES           21             16         YES
    Indiana                                           0.4           0.4         YES           12             12         YES
    Iowa                                              0.1           0.4                        2              6            
    Kansas                                            0.1           0.4                        2              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.0           0.4                        0              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.3           0.5                        5              9            
    Maine                                             0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    Maryland                                          0.7           0.4         YES           20             11         YES
    Massachusetts                                    -0.2           0.3                       -9             12            
    Michigan                                         -0.2           0.3                      -10             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.2           0.3                        6             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.2           0.5                        2              6            
    Missouri                                          0.3           0.4                        8             10            
    Montana                                           0.0           0.6                        0              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.1           0.4                        1              4            
    Nevada                                            0.0           0.5                        0              7            
    New Hampshire                                     0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    New Jersey                                        0.0           0.3                        3             12            
    New Mexico                                        0.4           0.5                        3              4            
    New York                                         -0.1           0.3                      -17             24            
    North Carolina                                    0.1           0.4                        5             17            
    North Dakota                                      0.3           0.5                        1              2            
    Ohio                                              0.2           0.3                       12             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.3           0.4                        6              7            
    Oregon                                           -0.2           0.4                       -3              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.0           0.3                       -3             17            
    Rhode Island                                      0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.4           0.4                       10              9         YES
    South Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.2           0.4                        4             13            
    Texas                                             0.1           0.2                        9             28            
    Utah                                             -0.1           0.4                       -2              7            
    Vermont                                           0.3           0.6                        1              2            
    Virginia                                          0.2           0.4                       11             14            
    Washington                                       -0.2           0.4                       -6             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.1           0.3                        2             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.8                        0              2