TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2021 and January 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 0.1 152 196 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 155 195 Mining and logging -0.2 0.9 -1 6 Construction 0.2 1.0 17 72 Manufacturing 0.2 0.2 25 29 Durable goods 0.3 0.2 YES 18 18 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 6 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.3 78 68 YES Wholesale trade 0.4 0.4 20 23 Retail trade 0.3 0.3 48 47 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 10 33 Information 1.3 0.7 YES 40 20 YES Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -20 23 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -5 16 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.7 -14 15 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 8 87 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -17 43 Educational services 0.0 0.4 -1 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -16 37 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.5 31 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.1 1.5 25 32 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 5 62 Other services -0.1 0.8 -5 47 Government -0.1 0.1 -3 25 Federal -0.5 0.1 YES -12 2 YES State and local 0.1 0.1 9 25 State and local education 0.0 0.2 1 16 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 9 14 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.3 83 80 YES South -0.1 0.2 -34 109 Midwest 0.1 0.3 30 92 West 0.2 0.3 73 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 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.