TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2025 and February 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. 0.0 0.2 116 234 Alabama 0.3 0.4 6 8 Alaska 1.2 0.7 YES 4 2 YES Arizona 0.0 0.4 -1 11 Arkansas 0.2 0.5 3 6 California 0.0 0.2 -4 37 Colorado 0.2 0.5 5 13 Connecticut -0.1 0.4 -1 7 Delaware 0.0 0.7 0 3 District of Columbia 0.0 0.5 0 4 Florida 0.3 0.3 29 23 YES Georgia 0.0 0.3 1 15 Hawaii 0.1 0.6 1 4 Idaho 0.1 0.5 1 4 Illinois 0.1 0.3 2 16 Indiana -0.1 0.4 -1 12 Iowa -0.3 0.4 -4 6 Kansas -0.4 0.3 YES -6 5 YES Kentucky -0.1 0.4 -1 8 Louisiana 0.1 0.5 3 10 Maine 0.2 0.5 1 3 Maryland 0.3 0.4 6 11 Massachusetts 1.1 0.4 YES 44 13 YES Michigan -0.1 0.3 -4 14 Minnesota -0.2 0.3 -7 10 Mississippi 0.1 0.5 1 6 Missouri -0.2 0.3 -6 10 Montana 0.6 0.6 3 3 Nebraska -0.1 0.4 -1 4 Nevada 0.6 0.6 9 8 YES New Hampshire 0.3 0.5 2 3 New Jersey -0.2 0.3 -11 12 New Mexico 0.3 0.5 3 4 New York 0.1 0.3 11 24 North Carolina 0.1 0.4 6 17 North Dakota -0.3 0.5 -1 2 Ohio -0.1 0.3 -8 16 Oklahoma 0.0 0.4 -1 7 Oregon 0.2 0.4 4 8 Pennsylvania 0.1 0.3 9 18 Rhode Island -2.5 0.5 YES -13 3 YES South Carolina 0.0 0.4 1 9 South Dakota 0.0 0.5 0 2 Tennessee 0.2 0.4 6 13 Texas 0.2 0.2 25 28 Utah 0.3 0.4 5 7 Vermont -0.3 0.6 -1 2 Virginia 0.0 0.4 0 15 Washington 0.2 0.4 9 13 West Virginia 0.4 0.5 3 3 Wisconsin -0.2 0.3 -9 10 Wyoming 0.3 0.8 1 2