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	Nov. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025(p)	Change from: Oct. 2025 - Nov. 2025(p)	Nov. 2024	Aug. 2025	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025(p)	Change from: Oct. 2025 - Nov. 2025(p)
Total	1,739	1,725	1,781	1,850	1,687	-163	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.1	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,657	1,644	1,702	1,754	1,612	-142	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.2	-0.1
Mining and logging	7	9	7	4	4	0	1.2	1.4	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.0
Construction	137	183	197	161	141	-20	1.7	2.2	2.4	1.9	1.7	-0.2
Manufacturing	126	121	117	128	108	-20	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8	-0.2
Durable goods	65	66	69	80	62	-18	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8	-0.2
Nondurable goods	61	55	48	48	45	-3	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	-0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	337	290	290	305	269	-36	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	-0.1
Wholesale trade	47	38	28	35	38	3	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.0
Retail trade	178	149	168	158	129	-29	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	0.8	-0.2
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	112	102	94	112	101	-11	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.5	1.4	-0.1
Information	38	38	48	47	51	4	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.8	0.2
Financial activities	46	72	57	52	58	6	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0
Finance and insurance	17	44	36	43	42	-1	0.3	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	29	28	21	9	16	7	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.7	0.3
Professional and business services	419	452	469	463	520	57	1.9	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.3	0.2
Private education and health services	188	180	208	236	191	-45	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.7	-0.2
Private educational services	28	31	31	30	36	6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.1
Health care and social assistance	161	149	177	206	154	-52	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.7	-0.2
Leisure and hospitality	302	234	254	306	215	-91	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.8	1.3	-0.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	73	92	110	93	108	15	2.7	3.4	4.0	3.5	4.0	0.5
Accommodation and food services	229	142	144	213	106	-107	1.6	1.0	1.0	1.5	0.7	-0.8
Other services	56	66	55	52	56	4	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0
Government	82	81	80	96	75	-21	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Federal	5	6	7	6	7	1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1
State and local	76	75	73	90	68	-22	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	-0.1
State and local education	43	29	34	31	35	4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
State and local, excluding education	34	46	39	59	33	-26	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.3	-0.3

REGION(3)
Northeast	315	412	351	386	327	-59	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.2	-0.2
South	590	558	528	604	609	5	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.0
Midwest	387	406	385	383	290	-93	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.9	-0.2
West	447	349	517	477	461	-16	1.2	0.9	1.4	1.3	1.2	-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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