TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2022 and April 2022, and test of significance, seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total nonfarm -0.1 0.1 -170 196 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -155 195 Mining and logging -0.1 0.9 -1 6 Construction 0.1 1.0 5 72 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 3 29 Durable goods 0.1 0.2 8 18 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -4 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 1 68 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.4 9 23 Retail trade -0.1 0.3 -9 47 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 1 33 Information 0.1 0.7 4 20 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 -10 23 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -5 16 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.7 -6 15 Professional and business services -0.6 0.5 YES -133 87 YES Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -22 43 Educational services -0.3 0.4 -12 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 -10 37 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.5 -3 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.5 6 32 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -8 62 Other services 0.1 0.8 1 47 Government -0.1 0.1 -15 25 Federal 0.0 0.1 0 2 State and local -0.1 0.1 -15 25 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -8 16 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -7 14 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.3 10 80 South -0.2 0.2 -125 109 YES Midwest 0.0 0.3 9 92 West -0.2 0.3 -63 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 1, 2022. *NOTE: Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-month change.