TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and June 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.                                           -0.2           0.1         YES         -180            214            
           
    Alabama                                           0.0           0.4                        0              8            
    Alaska                                           -0.6           0.7                       -2              2         YES
    Arizona                                           0.1           0.4                        4             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.2           0.5                        2              6            
    California                                       -0.3           0.2         YES          -46             37         YES
    Colorado                                         -0.9           0.5         YES          -28             13         YES
    Connecticut                                      -0.2           0.4                       -4              7            
    Delaware                                          0.4           0.7                        2              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Florida                                          -0.5           0.3         YES          -52             23         YES
    Georgia                                           0.1           0.3                        3             15            
    Hawaii                                           -0.4           0.6                       -2              4            
    Idaho                                            -0.3           0.5                       -3              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.2           0.3                      -12             16            
    Indiana                                           0.1           0.4                        2             12            
    Iowa                                             -0.3           0.4                       -5              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.1           0.3                       -1              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.0           0.4                        1              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.0           0.5                        0             10            
    Maine                                            -0.3           0.5                       -2              3            
    Maryland                                          0.0           0.4                        0             11            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.4           0.4         YES          -15             13         YES
    Michigan                                         -0.2           0.3                       -8             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.2           0.3                        5             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.0           0.5                        0              6            
    Missouri                                          0.0           0.3                        1             10            
    Montana                                          -1.5           0.6         YES           -8              3         YES
    Nebraska                                         -0.1           0.4                       -1              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.3           0.6                       -5              8            
    New Hampshire                                    -0.1           0.5                       -1              3            
    New Jersey                                        0.0           0.3                        3             12            
    New Mexico                                       -0.1           0.5                       -1              4            
    New York                                         -0.1           0.3                       -7             24            
    North Carolina                                    0.2           0.4                       11             17            
    North Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.2           0.3                       -8             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.4           0.4                        7              7         YES
    Oregon                                           -0.2           0.4                       -5              8            
    Pennsylvania                                     -0.3           0.3                      -17             18            
    Rhode Island                                     -0.2           0.5                       -1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.0           0.4                        1              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.0           0.5                        0              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.0           0.4                        1             13            
    Texas                                             0.1           0.2                       13             28            
    Utah                                             -0.3           0.4                       -5              7            
    Vermont                                          -0.3           0.6                       -1              2            
    Virginia                                          0.0           0.4                        0             15            
    Washington                                        0.3           0.4                        9             13            
    West Virginia                                     0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    Wisconsin                                        -0.2           0.3                       -5             10            
    Wyoming                                          -0.3           0.8                       -1              2