TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and May 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 -121 211 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -129 209 Mining and logging -0.2 0.7 -1 4 Construction 0.1 1.0 11 72 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -7 32 Durable goods 0.0 0.3 0 23 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -7 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 4 80 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -12 31 Retail trade 0.1 0.4 14 58 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 2 35 Information -0.2 0.8 -6 22 Financial activities -0.3 0.3 -24 27 Finance and insurance -0.4 0.3 YES -22 20 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 0.8 -2 18 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 -13 105 Private Education and Health Services -0.1 0.3 -22 63 Private Educational Services -0.3 0.4 -12 13 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -10 59 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -57 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.4 1.5 12 33 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.5 -69 68 YES Other services -0.2 0.8 -13 45 Government 0.1 0.1 7 25 Federal 0.0 0.1 -1 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 8 24 State and local education 0.0 0.1 4 14 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 4 15 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -3 84 South -0.1 0.2 -61 119 Midwest 0.0 0.3 4 93 West -0.2 0.3 -62 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 1, 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.