TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2023 and June 2024, 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 -124 206 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -126 202 Mining and logging -0.1 0.8 -1 5 Construction 0.0 0.9 -2 69 Manufacturing 0.1 0.2 9 30 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 10 23 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -1 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 27 80 Wholesale trade 0.3 0.5 21 29 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 -2 57 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 8 34 Information 0.0 0.8 0 23 Financial activities 0.1 0.3 9 26 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 3 17 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 0.7 6 16 Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -22 93 Private Education and Health Services -0.2 0.2 -56 55 YES Private Educational Services -0.3 0.3 -9 12 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -47 53 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 -61 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.2 1.5 -5 33 Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.5 -56 68 Other services -0.5 0.8 -30 48 Government 0.0 0.1 2 28 Federal 0.0 0.1 -2 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 4 28 State and local education 0.1 0.1 14 13 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -10 17 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -39 83 South -0.2 0.2 -68 111 Midwest -0.2 0.3 -47 91 West 0.0 0.3 30 103 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 30, 2024. *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.