TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and February 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                                         0.1           0.1                      128            214

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      113            211
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.8                       -2              5
    Construction                                      0.3           1.0                       27             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                        1             31
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.2                       -7             19
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.4                        8             19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                       13             81
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.5                        9             30
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       25             54
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.5                      -21             36
    Information                                       0.3           0.7                       10             21
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.3                      -11             26
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.3                       -2             17
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.6                       -8             15
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.5                      -65             96
    Private Education and Health Services             0.1           0.2                       21             48
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.4                       -3             13
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       24             43
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.5         YES          123             83         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             2.1           1.5         YES           57             32         YES
      Accommodation and food services                 0.5           0.5                       67             66         YES
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.7                       -5             43
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       15             25
    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       14             25
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        4             15
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.2                       10             15

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                       -5             82
    South                                             0.2           0.2                       84            119
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.3                       71             88
    West                                              0.0           0.3                      -22            101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2, 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.