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
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                         0.2           0.1         YES          165            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      186            211
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.8                       -1              5
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                        9             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.4           0.2         YES           55             31         YES
      Durable goods                                   0.6           0.2         YES           46             19         YES
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.4                        9             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                       15             81
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.5                       -5             30
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       12             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.5                        7             36
    Information                                       0.4           0.7                       11             21
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.3                      -16             26
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                       -5             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.4           0.6                      -10             15
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.5                       45             96
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.2                       16             48
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.4                        7             13
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                        9             43
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.5                       50             83
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.5                       17             32
      Accommodation and food services                 0.3           0.5                       33             66
    Other services                                    0.0           0.7                        3             43
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                      -20             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                       -1              3
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -20             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        0             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.2                      -20             15         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.5           0.3         YES          143             82         YES
    South                                             0.0           0.2                       32            119
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -20             88
    West                                              0.0           0.3                       11            101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 29, 2024.
  *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.