TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2025 and July 2025,
         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
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                         0.0           0.2                       12            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       14            233
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.7                       -1              4
    Construction                                      0.6           1.0                       49             80
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                        6             33
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.3                        4             22
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.5                        2             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.3                       22             79
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.6                       11             32
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                        7             58
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.5                        4             35
    Information                                      -0.2           0.7                       -3             19
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.4                       -1             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        3             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           0.7                       -3             17
    Professional and business services               -0.6           0.5         YES         -130            111         YES
    Private Education and Health Services             0.1           0.2                       25             52
      Private Educational Services                    0.2           0.3                        9             12
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       16             51
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.6                       16             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.7           1.5                       18             34
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.6                       -2             77
    Other services                                    0.5           0.7                       29             43
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       -1             25
    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        5              2         YES
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                       -6             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        2             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -9             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       46             86
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       51            123
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       -8             93
    West                                             -0.2           0.3                      -76            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 3, 2025.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.