TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2021 and January 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 -0.3 0.1 YES -249 205 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.3 0.2 YES -236 201 YES Mining and logging -2.0 0.9 YES -11 6 YES Construction -0.7 1.1 -41 78 Manufacturing 0.1 0.2 23 30 Durable goods 0.2 0.3 16 20 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 6 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.6 0.3 YES -124 75 YES Wholesale trade -0.5 0.4 YES -27 24 YES Retail trade -0.1 0.3 -15 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -1.6 0.5 YES -82 31 YES Information 1.7 0.7 YES 53 21 YES Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -16 26 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -2 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.7 -14 15 Professional and business services -0.5 0.5 -72 88 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 15 52 Educational services 0.0 0.4 4 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 11 48 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.5 -24 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.6 12 34 Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.5 -36 72 Other services -0.8 1.0 -39 58 Government -0.1 0.1 -13 28 Federal -0.5 0.1 YES -13 3 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 0 28 State and local education 0.1 0.1 9 14 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -9 16 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -53 83 South -0.3 0.2 YES -101 111 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -10 99 West -0.3 0.3 -87 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 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.