TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2017 and April 2018, 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 50 192 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 58 189 Mining and logging -0.1 0.7 0 5 Construction -0.7 1.0 -48 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -2 36 Durable goods 0.2 0.3 12 26 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -14 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 64 70 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.5 7 26 Retail trade 0.3 0.3 46 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 11 25 Information 0.1 0.5 2 15 Financial activities 0.3 0.3 27 28 Finance and insurance 0.5 0.3 YES 34 19 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.4 0.9 -7 18 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 13 76 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 3 38 Educational services -0.1 0.4 -6 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 7 34 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.5 42 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.9 1.8 YES 45 34 YES Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 -5 59 Other services -0.8 0.8 -43 41 YES Government -0.1 0.1 -6 22 Federal 0.0 0.1 0 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -6 22 State and local education 0.0 0.1 4 11 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -10 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -26 82 South 0.0 0.2 28 104 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -23 89 West 0.2 0.3 72 93 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 5, 2018. *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.