TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2020 and September 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 -0.2 0.1 YES -160 193 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -65 190 Mining and logging -1.0 1.0 -6 7 Construction -0.4 1.0 -26 69 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -5 29 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -4 21 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 0 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.3 -63 71 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.4 9 23 Retail trade -0.3 0.3 -49 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.4 0.5 -22 28 Information -0.2 0.6 -4 18 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -13 25 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 2 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.6 YES -15 14 YES Professional and business services 0.2 0.4 59 80 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -3 49 Educational services -0.2 0.4 -5 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 3 43 Leisure and hospitality -0.5 0.5 -23 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.6 1.7 -6 37 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -16 66 Other services 0.2 0.9 17 50 Government -0.4 0.1 YES -95 31 YES Federal -1.6 0.1 YES -53 2 YES State and local -0.2 0.2 -43 30 YES State and local education -0.2 0.1 YES -13 15 State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.2 YES -30 18 YES REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -38 82 South 0.2 0.2 88 108 Midwest -0.3 0.3 -83 97 West -0.4 0.3 YES -127 97 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 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.