TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2025 and December 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                       41            237            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.2           0.4                       -5              8            
    Alaska                                            0.3           0.6                        1              2            
    Arizona                                          -0.3           0.3                       -8             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.0           0.4                        0              6            
    California                                       -0.1           0.2                      -20             34            
    Colorado                                         -0.6           0.4         YES          -17             13         YES
    Connecticut                                       0.0           0.4                        0              6            
    Delaware                                          0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                             -0.1           0.5                       -1              4            
    Florida                                           0.3           0.2         YES           28             24         YES
    Georgia                                           0.1           0.3                        5             16            
    Hawaii                                           -0.1           0.5                       -1              3            
    Idaho                                             6.5           0.5         YES           57              4         YES
    Illinois                                          0.0           0.3                       -2             16            
    Indiana                                           0.1           0.3                        2             11            
    Iowa                                             -0.2           0.3                       -3              5            
    Kansas                                            0.1           0.3                        2              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.2           0.4                        3              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.1           0.5                        2              9            
    Maine                                             0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Maryland                                         -0.1           0.4                       -3             11            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.1           0.3                       -4             12            
    Michigan                                          0.6           0.3         YES           28             13         YES
    Minnesota                                         0.2           0.3                        7              9            
    Mississippi                                       0.3           0.4                        3              5            
    Missouri                                          0.0           0.3                        0             10            
    Montana                                          -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.0           0.4                        0              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.7           0.5         YES          -11              7         YES
    New Hampshire                                    -0.2           0.5                       -1              3            
    New Jersey                                       -0.4           0.3         YES          -14             13         YES
    New Mexico                                       -0.3           0.4                       -3              4            
    New York                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -26             24         YES
    North Carolina                                    0.2           0.3                       10             16            
    North Dakota                                      0.0           0.5                        0              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.2           0.3                      -14             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                           -0.2           0.4                       -4              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.0           0.3                        4             17            
    Rhode Island                                      0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.1           0.4                        1              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.4           0.5                        2              2            
    Tennessee                                        -0.3           0.4                       -8             12            
    Texas                                             0.0           0.2                        1             29            
    Utah                                              0.0           0.4                       -1              6            
    Vermont                                           0.0           0.6                        0              2            
    Virginia                                         -0.3           0.4                      -11             15            
    Washington                                       -0.1           0.4                       -2             13            
    West Virginia                                     0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.3           0.3                       10             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.7                        0              2