TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2025 and April 2026, 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 -119 219 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -115 216 Mining and logging -0.3 0.7 -2 4 Construction -0.7 0.9 -50 74 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -27 33 Durable goods -0.2 0.3 -13 24 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -14 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -21 77 Wholesale trade 0.4 0.5 24 29 Retail trade -0.3 0.4 -51 59 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 6 34 Information 0.9 0.8 YES 25 23 YES Financial activities -0.3 0.3 -26 27 Finance and insurance -0.4 0.3 YES -30 18 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 0.6 4 16 Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -31 114 Private Education and Health Services -0.1 0.2 -36 58 Private Educational Services 0.0 0.3 3 12 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -38 58 Leisure and hospitality 0.3 0.5 61 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.6 3 34 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.4 58 57 YES Other services -0.1 0.7 -7 42 Government 0.0 0.1 -4 21 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 -2 21 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -4 14 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 1 13 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -42 86 South -0.1 0.2 -71 126 Midwest 0.0 0.3 -19 92 West 0.0 0.3 14 103 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 2, 2026. *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.