TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2020 and October 2021, 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 -346 193 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.2 -180 190 Mining and logging -0.9 1.0 -5 7 Construction -0.8 1.0 -63 69 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -5 29 Durable goods -0.3 0.3 -22 21 YES Nondurable goods 0.4 0.4 17 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.4 0.3 YES -83 71 YES Wholesale trade 0.1 0.4 7 23 Retail trade -0.3 0.3 -41 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.8 0.5 YES -47 28 YES Information 0.2 0.6 9 18 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -16 25 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -3 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.6 YES -13 14 Professional and business services -0.2 0.4 -29 80 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -12 49 Educational services -0.1 0.4 -5 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -7 43 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 5 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.2 1.7 20 37 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -15 66 Other services 0.3 0.9 20 50 Government -0.8 0.1 YES -166 31 YES Federal -4.8 0.1 YES -143 2 YES State and local -0.2 0.2 -23 30 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -16 15 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -9 18 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.3 -80 82 South -0.1 0.2 -34 108 Midwest -0.5 0.3 YES -145 97 YES West -0.3 0.3 -88 97 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 2021. *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.