TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2025 and March 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                                        -0.1           0.2                     -222            234

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -229            233
    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.7                        1              4
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.0                       -5             80
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -15             33
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.3                      -14             22
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.5                       -1             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -56             79
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.6                       -1             32
      Retail trade                                   -0.5           0.4         YES          -66             58         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.5                       12             35
    Information                                      -0.5           0.7                      -13             19
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.4                        1             33
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                        2             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.7                       -1             17
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.5                      -32            111
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.2                      -33             52
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.3                        1             12
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                      -34             51
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.6                      -79             86
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.5                       -2             34
      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           0.6                      -77             77
    Other services                                    0.0           0.7                        3             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                        7             25
    Federal                                          -0.3           0.1         YES          -11              2         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       18             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        1             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.1         YES           17             13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.3                      -92             86         YES
    South                                            -0.2           0.2                     -109            123
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                      -25             93
    West                                              0.0           0.3                        5            110

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 29, 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.