TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2024 and April 2025, 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 0.1 0.1 234 211 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 239 209 YES Mining and logging 0.1 0.7 1 4 Construction 0.5 1.0 38 72 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -6 32 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -5 23 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -2 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 7 80 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -10 31 Retail trade -0.1 0.4 -7 58 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.5 24 35 Information 0.0 0.8 -1 22 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 2 27 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 7 20 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 0.8 -5 18 Professional and business services 0.7 0.5 YES 144 105 YES Private Education and Health Services 0.1 0.3 13 63 Private Educational Services -0.1 0.4 -4 13 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 17 59 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 6 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.0 1.5 28 33 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.5 -21 68 Other services 0.6 0.8 35 45 Government 0.0 0.1 -5 25 Federal -0.1 0.1 -3 2 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 -2 24 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -1 14 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -2 15 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.3 43 84 South 0.3 0.2 YES 213 119 YES Midwest 0.0 0.3 -18 93 West 0.0 0.3 -3 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 3, 2025. *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.