TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and November 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 0.0 0.1 -64 211 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -62 209 Mining and logging -0.4 0.7 -3 4 Construction -0.1 1.0 -9 72 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -29 32 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -3 23 Nondurable goods -0.5 0.4 YES -25 19 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.3 -76 80 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -10 31 Retail trade -0.3 0.4 -53 58 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.5 -13 35 Information 0.5 0.8 13 22 Financial activities 0.1 0.3 10 27 Finance and insurance 0.4 0.3 YES 24 20 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 0.8 -14 18 Professional and business services 0.5 0.5 113 105 YES Private Education and Health Services 0.0 0.3 -8 63 Private Educational Services 0.1 0.4 5 13 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -13 59 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.6 -74 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.9 1.5 YES 52 33 YES Accommodation and food services -0.9 0.5 YES -126 68 YES Other services 0.0 0.8 0 45 Government 0.0 0.1 -2 25 Federal 0.1 0.1 2 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 -5 24 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -3 14 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -2 15 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 14 84 South 0.1 0.2 20 119 Midwest -0.3 0.3 -118 93 YES West 0.1 0.3 19 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 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.