TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2022 and February 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 0.0 0.1 -17 196 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -20 195 Mining and logging 0.0 0.9 0 6 Construction 0.1 1.0 11 72 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -14 29 Durable goods -0.1 0.2 -8 18 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -6 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -13 68 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.4 -6 23 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -7 47 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 0 33 Information -2.0 0.7 YES -60 20 YES Financial activities 0.1 0.3 10 23 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 8 16 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.7 2 15 Professional and business services 0.3 0.5 78 87 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -16 43 Educational services 0.2 0.4 8 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -24 37 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -8 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 1.5 -8 32 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 0 62 Other services -0.2 0.8 -8 47 Government 0.1 0.1 4 25 Federal 0.0 0.1 0 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 3 25 State and local education 0.1 0.2 5 16 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -2 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 7 80 South 0.1 0.2 25 109 Midwest 0.0 0.3 -3 92 West -0.2 0.3 -46 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 29, 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.