TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2016 and April 2017, 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 -107 191 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -103 189 Mining and logging -0.7 0.6 YES -4 5 Construction -0.1 1.0 -5 66 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 19 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -7 27 Nondurable goods 0.6 0.4 YES 28 21 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -9 70 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -12 27 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 -6 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 8 26 Information -0.3 0.5 -9 15 Financial activities -0.2 0.4 -19 28 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -8 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 0.9 -10 19 Professional and business services -0.6 0.5 YES -100 79 YES Education and health services 0.1 0.2 24 38 Educational services 0.1 0.5 2 14 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.2 21 33 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.6 -34 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.9 1.8 -19 34 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -14 59 Other services 0.6 0.7 34 40 Government 0.0 0.1 -5 22 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 -3 22 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -8 10 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.1 5 14 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.3 -73 82 South 0.1 0.2 53 105 Midwest 0.0 0.3 11 89 West -0.3 0.3 -98 94 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 6, 2017. *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.