TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2015 and August 2016, 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 -125 193 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -146 189 Mining and logging -0.6 0.6 -7 4 YES Construction -0.4 1.0 -21 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 0 37 Durable goods 0.0 0.3 -5 27 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 4 22 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.3 -53 70 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.5 1 27 Retail trade -0.3 0.3 -45 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.5 -10 26 Information 0.0 0.5 -2 15 Financial activities -0.3 0.4 -18 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 0.0 0.5 17 82 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 31 38 Educational services -0.4 0.5 -14 14 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.2 45 33 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -46 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.7 1.7 21 32 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.5 -67 59 YES Other services -0.8 0.8 -46 41 YES Government 0.1 0.1 21 22 Federal 0.0 0.1 1 3 State and local 0.1 0.1 21 22 State and local education 0.2 0.1 YES 14 10 YES State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.1 6 14 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -53 83 South 0.1 0.2 69 106 Midwest -0.2 0.3 -69 91 West -0.3 0.3 -73 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2016. *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.