TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and August 2022, 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 0.0 0.1 91 205 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 57 201 Mining and logging -0.1 0.9 0 6 Construction -0.5 1.1 -33 78 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -12 30 Durable goods -0.2 0.3 -11 20 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -1 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 54 75 Wholesale trade 0.3 0.4 19 24 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -3 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.5 39 31 YES Information 0.3 0.7 9 21 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -14 26 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -7 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.7 -8 15 Professional and business services 0.3 0.5 66 88 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 5 52 Educational services -0.5 0.4 YES -16 14 YES Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.2 21 48 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.5 -27 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.2 1.6 -24 34 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -3 72 Other services 0.1 1.0 10 58 Government 0.1 0.1 34 28 YES Federal -0.1 0.1 -1 3 State and local 0.2 0.1 YES 35 28 YES State and local education 0.0 0.1 2 14 State and local, excluding education 0.3 0.2 YES 35 16 YES REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -18 83 South 0.2 0.2 102 111 Midwest 0.1 0.3 13 99 West -0.1 0.3 -5 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 4, 2022. *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.