TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2024 and March 2025, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total nonfarm -0.1 0.1 -76 211 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -92 209 Mining and logging -0.1 0.7 -1 4 Construction -0.4 1.0 -33 72 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -26 32 Durable goods -0.2 0.3 -19 23 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -7 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 37 80 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.5 9 31 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 4 58 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.5 25 35 Information 0.0 0.8 0 22 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 3 27 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.3 15 20 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 0.8 -11 18 Professional and business services 0.1 0.5 31 105 Private Education and Health Services 0.0 0.3 -20 63 Private Educational Services 0.0 0.4 -2 13 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -18 59 Leisure and hospitality -0.6 0.6 -96 77 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.5 8 33 Accommodation and food services -0.7 0.5 YES -104 68 YES Other services 0.2 0.8 13 45 Government 0.1 0.1 17 25 Federal 0.0 0.1 2 2 State and local 0.1 0.1 14 24 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -2 14 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 16 15 YES REGION Northeast -0.3 0.3 -62 84 South 0.1 0.2 10 119 Midwest -0.2 0.3 -62 93 West 0.1 0.3 39 101 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 29, 2025. *NOTE: Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-year change.