TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and January 2024,
         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                      -35            214            
           
    Alabama                                           0.1           0.4                        3              8            
    Alaska                                           -0.9           0.6         YES           -3              2         YES
    Arizona                                          -0.1           0.4                       -3             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.0           0.4                        0              6            
    California                                       -0.2           0.2         YES          -28             33            
    Colorado                                          0.1           0.4                        3             12            
    Connecticut                                       0.0           0.4                        1              7            
    Delaware                                          0.6           0.6                        3              3         YES
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Florida                                          -0.1           0.3                       -9             22            
    Georgia                                           0.2           0.3                       11             15            
    Hawaii                                           -0.3           0.6                       -2              4            
    Idaho                                            -0.2           0.5                       -2              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.1           0.3                       -8             16            
    Indiana                                          -0.5           0.4         YES          -16             12         YES
    Iowa                                              0.3           0.4                        4              6            
    Kansas                                            0.2           0.4                        2              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.0           0.4                        1              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.1           0.5                        1              9            
    Maine                                             0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Maryland                                          0.1           0.4                        2             11            
    Massachusetts                                     0.0           0.3                        0             12            
    Michigan                                          0.1           0.3                        6             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.1           0.3                        3             10            
    Mississippi                                      -0.1           0.5                       -1              6            
    Missouri                                          0.0           0.4                        1             10            
    Montana                                          -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    Nebraska                                          0.3           0.4                        3              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.2           0.5                       -2              7            
    New Hampshire                                     0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    New Jersey                                        0.3           0.3         YES           11             12            
    New Mexico                                        0.4           0.5                        3              4            
    New York                                          0.0           0.3                        1             24            
    North Carolina                                    0.0           0.4                       -2             17            
    North Dakota                                     -0.3           0.5                       -1              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.3           0.3                      -16             16         YES
    Oklahoma                                          0.3           0.4                        5              7            
    Oregon                                            0.4           0.4                        8              8         YES
    Pennsylvania                                      0.2           0.3                        9             17            
    Rhode Island                                      0.0           0.6                        0              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.2           0.4                        4              9            
    South Dakota                                     -0.2           0.5                       -1              2            
    Tennessee                                        -0.3           0.4                       -8             13            
    Texas                                            -0.1           0.2                       -6             28            
    Utah                                             -0.2           0.4                       -3              7            
    Vermont                                           0.0           0.6                        0              2            
    Virginia                                          0.0           0.4                        0             14            
    Washington                                        0.0           0.4                       -2             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.2           0.5                        2              3            
    Wisconsin                                        -0.2           0.3                       -6             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.8                        0              2