TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and September 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          165            214            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.1           0.4                       -2              8            
    Alaska                                            0.3           0.7                        1              2            
    Arizona                                           0.1           0.4                        4             11            
    Arkansas                                         -0.5           0.5                       -7              6         YES
    California                                        0.0           0.2                      -10             37            
    Colorado                                          0.2           0.5                        7             13            
    Connecticut                                       0.3           0.4                        6              7            
    Delaware                                          0.0           0.7                        0              3            
    District of Columbia                             -0.1           0.5                       -1              4            
    Florida                                           0.1           0.3                       15             23            
    Georgia                                           0.0           0.3                       -2             15            
    Hawaii                                            0.3           0.6                        2              4            
    Idaho                                             0.5           0.5                        5              4         YES
    Illinois                                         -0.1           0.3                      -12             16            
    Indiana                                          -0.2           0.4                       -4             12            
    Iowa                                             -0.1           0.4                       -1              6            
    Kansas                                           -0.2           0.3                       -3              5            
    Kentucky                                          0.2           0.4                        3              8            
    Louisiana                                         0.0           0.5                       -1             10            
    Maine                                             0.2           0.5                        1              3            
    Maryland                                          0.1           0.4                        1             11            
    Massachusetts                                     0.3           0.4                       12             13            
    Michigan                                         -0.1           0.3                       -4             14            
    Minnesota                                         0.3           0.3                        8             10            
    Mississippi                                       0.0           0.5                        0              6            
    Missouri                                          0.2           0.3                        5             10            
    Montana                                           0.6           0.6                        3              3            
    Nebraska                                         -0.3           0.4                       -3              4            
    Nevada                                            0.2           0.6                        4              8            
    New Hampshire                                     0.7           0.5         YES            5              3         YES
    New Jersey                                        1.0           0.3         YES           45             12         YES
    New Mexico                                        0.3           0.5                        3              4            
    New York                                          0.6           0.3         YES           66             24         YES
    North Carolina                                    0.5           0.4         YES           24             17         YES
    North Dakota                                      0.0           0.5                        0              2            
    Ohio                                             -0.1           0.3                       -7             16            
    Oklahoma                                          0.0           0.4                        0              7            
    Oregon                                            0.2           0.4                        4              8            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.1           0.3                        4             18            
    Rhode Island                                      0.4           0.5                        2              3            
    South Carolina                                   -0.1           0.4                       -1              9            
    South Dakota                                     -0.2           0.5                       -1              2            
    Tennessee                                         0.1           0.4                        4             13            
    Texas                                            -0.1           0.2                       -9             28            
    Utah                                             -0.1           0.4                       -1              7            
    Vermont                                           0.3           0.6                        1              2            
    Virginia                                          0.2           0.4                        8             15            
    Washington                                       -0.3           0.4                      -11             13            
    West Virginia                                    -0.3           0.5                       -2              3            
    Wisconsin                                         0.0           0.3                        0             10            
    Wyoming                                           0.3           0.8                        1              2