Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	Mar. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Change from: Feb. 2024 - Mar. 2024(p)	Mar. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Change from: Feb. 2024 - Mar. 2024(p)
Total	1,825	1,607	1,596	1,681	1,526	-155	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,740	1,508	1,527	1,592	1,437	-155	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	-0.1
Mining and logging	10	5	8	6	7	1	1.6	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.1	0.1
Construction	282	173	187	208	145	-63	3.6	2.1	2.3	2.5	1.8	-0.7
Manufacturing	125	110	118	117	114	-3	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0
Durable goods	67	56	64	62	65	3	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0
Nondurable goods	57	54	54	55	49	-6	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	-0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	293	318	288	286	268	-18	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	-0.1
Wholesale trade	36	43	44	50	45	-5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Retail trade	155	142	136	139	151	12	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	101	133	108	97	72	-25	1.4	1.9	1.5	1.4	1.0	-0.4
Information	44	32	17	27	33	6	1.4	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.1	0.2
Financial activities	53	48	65	46	44	-2	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.5	0.0
Finance and insurance	34	27	34	24	21	-3	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	19	22	30	22	23	1	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.0
Professional and business services	395	361	461	398	364	-34	1.7	1.6	2.0	1.7	1.6	-0.1
Private education and health services	177	161	154	162	170	8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.1
Private educational services	32	20	21	10	28	18	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.7	0.4
Health care and social assistance	145	141	133	151	142	-9	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	-0.1
Leisure and hospitality	291	239	183	301	235	-66	1.8	1.4	1.1	1.8	1.4	-0.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	99	75	83	132	93	-39	4.0	2.9	3.2	5.0	3.5	-1.5
Accommodation and food services	192	163	99	169	142	-27	1.4	1.1	0.7	1.2	1.0	-0.2
Other services	72	61	46	41	58	17	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.7	1.0	0.3
Government	85	99	69	88	88	0	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.0
Federal	7	8	6	6	7	1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
State and local	79	90	64	82	81	-1	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.0
State and local education	40	44	33	35	49	14	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2
State and local, excluding education	38	46	31	47	32	-15	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.3	-0.2

REGION(3)
Northeast	307	245	296	290	279	-11	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.0
South	654	589	610	672	548	-124	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.9	-0.2
Midwest	398	358	309	360	300	-60	1.2	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.9	-0.2
West	465	415	381	359	400	41	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.1
Footnotes (1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month. (2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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