TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2021 and October 2022, 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 29 205 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 36 201 Mining and logging 0.1 0.9 1 6 Construction -0.1 1.1 -3 78 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 0 30 Durable goods 0.0 0.3 -6 20 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 5 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 9 75 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.4 -6 24 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -10 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.5 25 31 Information 0.3 0.7 12 21 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 0 26 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 -2 18 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.7 2 15 Professional and business services 0.1 0.5 45 88 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 0 52 Educational services 0.1 0.4 4 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -4 48 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 -27 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 1.6 -25 34 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -2 72 Other services 0.0 1.0 0 58 Government 0.0 0.1 -7 28 Federal -0.2 0.1 YES -4 3 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 -3 28 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -1 14 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -3 16 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -35 83 South 0.0 0.2 10 111 Midwest 0.0 0.3 20 99 West 0.1 0.3 33 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 30, 2022. *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.