TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2023 and September 2024,
          and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                               =====                          =====================

                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of
                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance
     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*

Total nonfarm                                      0.2          0.1         YES           297          206         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       326          202         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          0.8                        -2            5
    Construction                                   0.3          0.9                        28           69
    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        20           30
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        24           23         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -4           18
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        66           80
      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                        -2           29
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                        11           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.5         YES            56           34         YES
    Information                                    0.9          0.8         YES            27           23         YES
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                        11           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        13           17
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.7                        -2           16
    Professional and business services             0.6          0.5         YES           134           93         YES
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.2                        20           55
      Private Educational Services                 0.3          0.3                        10           12
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        10           53
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        23           75
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.5                        21           33
      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                         3           68
    Other services                                -0.1          0.8                        -1           48
  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -28           28
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -25           28
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -2           13
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -23           17         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.6          0.3         YES           177           83         YES
    South                                          0.1          0.2                        78          111
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        15           91
    West                                           0.0          0.3                        28          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 29, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-year change.