TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2021 and September 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 -0.1 0.1 -115 205 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -123 201 Mining and logging 0.6 0.9 4 6 Construction 0.8 1.1 66 78 Manufacturing -0.2 0.2 -32 30 YES Durable goods -0.3 0.3 -20 20 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -12 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 23 75 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.4 -7 24 Retail trade 0.1 0.3 24 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 5 31 Information -0.7 0.7 -20 21 Financial activities 0.1 0.3 11 26 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.3 15 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 0.7 -4 15 Professional and business services -0.5 0.5 -92 88 YES Education and health services 0.1 0.2 23 52 Educational services 0.3 0.4 10 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 13 48 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.5 -41 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 1.6 22 34 Accommodation and food services -0.6 0.5 YES -62 72 Other services -1.2 1.0 YES -66 58 YES Government 0.1 0.1 9 28 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 11 28 State and local education 0.0 0.1 4 14 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 7 16 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -44 83 South -0.2 0.2 -103 111 Midwest 0.0 0.3 10 99 West 0.0 0.3 23 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 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.