Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	Oct. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025(p)	Change from: Sept. 2025 - Oct. 2025(p)	Oct. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025(p)	Change from: Sept. 2025 - Oct. 2025(p)
Total	1,788	1,787	1,725	1,781	1,854	73	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,706	1,711	1,644	1,702	1,755	53	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.0
Mining and logging	9	6	9	7	6	-1	1.5	1.0	1.4	1.1	0.9	-0.2
Construction	153	212	183	197	129	-68	1.9	2.6	2.2	2.4	1.6	-0.8
Manufacturing	113	116	121	117	127	10	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.1
Durable goods	51	60	66	69	76	7	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.1
Nondurable goods	62	56	55	48	51	3	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	367	353	290	290	308	18	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.1
Wholesale trade	45	74	38	28	33	5	0.7	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Retail trade	198	169	149	168	167	-1	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	123	110	102	94	108	14	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.5	0.2
Information	34	43	38	48	48	0	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.6	1.6	0.0
Financial activities	64	58	72	57	42	-15	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.5	-0.1
Finance and insurance	40	35	44	36	33	-3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	25	23	28	21	10	-11	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.4	-0.4
Professional and business services	438	418	452	469	464	-5	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	0.0
Private education and health services	192	184	180	208	217	9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.0
Private educational services	29	27	31	31	33	2	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0
Health care and social assistance	164	156	149	177	184	7	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.0
Leisure and hospitality	276	242	234	254	371	117	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.5	2.2	0.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	85	120	92	110	97	-13	3.2	4.4	3.4	4.0	3.6	-0.4
Accommodation and food services	191	122	142	144	274	130	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.9	0.9
Other services	59	77	66	55	43	-12	1.0	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.7	-0.2
Government	82	76	81	80	99	19	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1
Federal	6	10	6	7	5	-2	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
State and local	76	66	75	73	94	21	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.1
State and local education	44	33	29	34	31	-3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
State and local, excluding education	32	33	46	39	62	23	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.2

REGION(3)
Northeast	222	341	412	351	390	39	0.8	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.4	0.2
South	815	659	558	528	581	53	1.4	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.1
Midwest	332	381	406	385	412	27	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.2	0.1
West	418	405	349	517	472	-45	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.4	1.3	-0.1
Footnotes (1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month. (2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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