TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 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                     -116            192            
           
    Alabama                                           0.1           0.4                        2              8            
    Alaska                                            0.0           0.6                        0              2            
    Arizona                                           0.2           0.4                        7             11            
    Arkansas                                          0.0           0.4                       -1              6            
    California                                        0.1           0.2                       24             33            
    Colorado                                         -0.1           0.4                       -3             12            
    Connecticut                                      -0.6           0.4         YES           -9              7         YES
    Delaware                                         -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    Florida                                          -0.1           0.3                       -9             22            
    Georgia                                           0.1           0.3                        7             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.0           0.6                        0              4            
    Idaho                                             0.1           0.5                        1              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.2           0.3                      -14             16            
    Indiana                                           0.4           0.4         YES           13             12         YES
    Iowa                                              0.0           0.4                       -1              6            
    Kansas                                            0.0           0.4                        0              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.0           0.4                        0              8            
    Louisiana                                        -0.5           0.5         YES          -10              9         YES
    Maine                                            -1.4           0.5         YES           -9              3         YES
    Maryland                                         -0.2           0.4                       -6             11            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.3           0.3                      -11             12            
    Michigan                                          0.1           0.3                        3             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.1           0.3                        2             10            
    Mississippi                                      -0.1           0.5                       -1              6            
    Missouri                                         -0.1           0.4                       -3             10            
    Montana                                          -0.6           0.6                       -3              3         YES
    Nebraska                                          0.2           0.4                        3              4            
    Nevada                                            0.2           0.5                        4              7            
    New Hampshire                                    -0.7           0.5         YES           -5              3         YES
    New Jersey                                       -1.1           0.3         YES          -48             12         YES
    New Mexico                                        0.0           0.5                        0              4            
    New York                                         -0.1           0.3                      -15             24            
    North Carolina                                    0.0           0.4                        4             17            
    North Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.2           0.3                      -12             16            
    Oklahoma                                         -0.1           0.4                       -1              7            
    Oregon                                            0.0           0.4                       -2              8            
    Pennsylvania                                     -0.7           0.3         YES          -45             17         YES
    Rhode Island                                     -0.6           0.6         YES           -3              3         YES
    South Carolina                                   -0.4           0.4                       -9              9         YES
    South Dakota                                      0.2           0.5                        1              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.0           0.4                        3             13            
    Texas                                             0.1           0.2                       18             28            
    Utah                                              0.3           0.4                        5              7            
    Vermont                                          -0.6           0.6                       -2              2         YES
    Virginia                                         -0.2           0.4                       -7             14            
    Washington                                        0.2           0.4                       10             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.1           0.3                        3             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.0           0.8                        0              2