TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and October 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 0.1 110 211 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 85 209 Mining and logging -0.6 0.7 -4 4 Construction -0.4 1.0 -31 72 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 22 32 Durable goods 0.4 0.3 YES 30 23 YES Nondurable goods -0.2 0.4 -7 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -50 80 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -13 31 Retail trade -0.2 0.4 -26 58 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.5 -11 35 Information 0.4 0.8 12 22 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -24 27 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -6 20 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.8 -19 18 YES Professional and business services 0.2 0.5 35 105 Private Education and Health Services 0.1 0.3 33 63 Private Educational Services 0.1 0.4 3 13 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 30 59 Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.6 106 77 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.4 1.5 19 33 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.5 86 68 YES Other services -0.2 0.8 -14 45 Government 0.1 0.1 25 25 Federal 0.0 0.1 -1 2 State and local 0.1 0.1 26 24 YES State and local education -0.1 0.1 -7 14 State and local, excluding education 0.3 0.2 YES 33 15 YES REGION Northeast 0.6 0.3 YES 168 84 YES South -0.3 0.2 YES -224 119 YES Midwest 0.3 0.3 98 93 YES West 0.1 0.3 69 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.