TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2021 and November 2021, 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 19 191 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 25 190 Mining and logging 0.1 1.0 0 7 Construction 0.6 0.9 49 68 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 0 29 Durable goods 0.1 0.2 6 20 Nondurable goods -0.2 0.4 -5 20 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 9 74 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.4 -2 22 Retail trade 0.1 0.3 5 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 6 32 Information -0.2 0.7 -7 19 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 -3 25 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 -1 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 0.7 -3 15 Professional and business services -0.1 0.4 -25 82 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 1 46 Educational services 0.0 0.4 0 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 1 43 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -12 81 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 1.8 7 40 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.4 -19 61 Other services 0.2 0.8 12 46 Government 0.0 0.1 -6 26 Federal -0.1 0.1 -4 3 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 -2 26 State and local education 0.0 0.2 0 18 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -3 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 10 79 South 0.0 0.2 11 107 Midwest 0.0 0.3 -4 91 West 0.0 0.3 2 92 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 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.