TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and September 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 -162 196 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -158 195 Mining and logging 0.3 0.9 2 6 Construction 0.7 1.0 58 72 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -12 29 Durable goods -0.1 0.2 -9 18 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -3 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -50 68 Wholesale trade -0.3 0.4 -17 23 Retail trade -0.2 0.3 -24 47 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.1 0.5 -8 33 Information -0.5 0.7 -13 20 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 -5 23 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 5 16 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.4 0.7 -10 15 Professional and business services -0.3 0.5 -77 87 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 16 43 Educational services 0.3 0.4 12 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 5 37 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 -47 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.7 1.5 -16 32 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.5 -31 62 Other services -0.5 0.8 -32 47 Government 0.0 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 2 16 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -5 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -21 80 South -0.2 0.2 -102 109 Midwest 0.1 0.3 27 92 West -0.1 0.3 -65 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 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.