TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and August 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 70 196 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 58 195 Mining and logging 0.0 0.9 0 6 Construction -0.1 1.0 -9 72 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 3 29 Durable goods 0.0 0.2 6 18 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -2 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 37 68 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.4 0 23 Retail trade 0.2 0.3 28 47 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 10 33 Information 0.1 0.7 3 20 Financial activities 0.1 0.3 9 23 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 11 16 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 0.7 -2 15 Professional and business services 0.1 0.5 15 87 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -20 43 Educational services -0.1 0.4 -4 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -16 37 Leisure and hospitality 0.1 0.5 14 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.4 1.5 -32 32 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.5 46 62 Other services 0.0 0.8 4 47 Government 0.1 0.1 12 25 Federal 0.0 0.1 0 2 State and local 0.1 0.1 11 25 State and local education 0.0 0.2 4 16 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 8 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -25 80 South 0.1 0.2 42 109 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -18 92 West 0.2 0.3 71 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 4, 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.