TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and September 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.                                           -0.1           0.1                     -165            192            
           
    Alabama                                           0.0           0.4                        0              8            
    Alaska                                           -1.6           0.6         YES           -5              2         YES
    Arizona                                          -0.4           0.4         YES          -12             11         YES
    Arkansas                                          0.2           0.4                        2              6            
    California                                        0.0           0.2                       -3             33            
    Colorado                                          0.0           0.4                       -2             12            
    Connecticut                                      -0.5           0.4         YES           -8              7         YES
    Delaware                                          0.2           0.6                        1              3            
    District of Columbia                              0.1           0.5                        1              4            
    Florida                                           0.1           0.3                        9             22            
    Georgia                                          -0.2           0.3                      -10             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.0           0.6                        0              4            
    Idaho                                            -0.2           0.5                       -2              4            
    Illinois                                         -0.9           0.3         YES          -53             16         YES
    Indiana                                          -0.1           0.4                       -2             12            
    Iowa                                             -0.3           0.4                       -4              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.2           0.4                       -3              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.1           0.4                        2              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.1           0.5                        3              9            
    Maine                                             0.0           0.5                        0              3            
    Maryland                                          0.0           0.4                        0             11            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.2           0.3                       -5             12            
    Michigan                                         -0.2           0.3                       -8             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.0           0.3                        1             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.0           0.5                        0              6            
    Missouri                                          0.1           0.4                        2             10            
    Montana                                          -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    Nebraska                                         -0.2           0.4                       -2              4            
    Nevada                                           -0.2           0.5                       -4              7            
    New Hampshire                                    -0.2           0.5                       -1              3            
    New Jersey                                       -0.1           0.3                       -3             12            
    New Mexico                                       -0.2           0.5                       -2              4            
    New York                                         -0.2           0.3                      -17             24            
    North Carolina                                   -0.3           0.4                      -13             17            
    North Dakota                                     -0.2           0.5                       -1              2            
    Ohio                                              0.1           0.3                        6             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                           -0.2           0.4                       -4              8            
    Pennsylvania                                     -0.1           0.3                       -2             17            
    Rhode Island                                     -0.2           0.6                       -1              3            
    South Carolina                                    0.1           0.4                        3              9            
    South Dakota                                      0.0           0.5                        0              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.2           0.4                        6             13            
    Texas                                            -0.1           0.2                      -10             28            
    Utah                                             -0.1           0.4                       -2              7            
    Vermont                                           0.0           0.6                        0              2            
    Virginia                                          0.0           0.4                        0             14            
    Washington                                       -0.2           0.4                      -10             12            
    West Virginia                                     0.1           0.5                        1              3            
    Wisconsin                                        -0.4           0.3         YES          -12             10         YES
    Wyoming                                          -0.3           0.8                       -1              2