TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and January 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 -71 211 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -72 209 Mining and logging -0.9 0.7 YES -5 4 YES Construction -0.4 1.0 -33 72 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -9 32 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 6 23 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -16 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.3 76 80 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.5 -5 31 Retail trade 0.2 0.4 39 58 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.5 43 35 YES Information 0.3 0.8 9 22 Financial activities -0.4 0.3 YES -35 27 YES Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -5 20 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.2 0.8 YES -30 18 YES Professional and business services -0.6 0.5 YES -135 105 YES Private Education and Health Services 0.1 0.3 22 63 Private Educational Services 0.0 0.4 -2 13 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 24 59 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 6 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.7 1.5 -13 33 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.5 17 68 Other services 0.6 0.8 32 45 Government 0.0 0.1 1 25 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 4 24 State and local education 0.1 0.1 10 14 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -7 15 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -45 84 South -0.2 0.2 -108 119 Midwest 0.2 0.3 67 93 West 0.0 0.3 15 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.