TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2019 and August 2020, 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 -0.2 0.1 YES -418 183 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.1 YES -336 180 YES Mining and logging 0.2 0.9 -1 7 Construction -0.2 0.9 -20 61 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 -3 27 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 0 20 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -3 16 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.2 -31 64 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.4 9 21 Retail trade -0.2 0.3 -29 44 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -10 26 Information -0.4 0.6 -14 17 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 -11 24 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.3 -16 17 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.3 0.5 4 12 Professional and business services -0.4 0.5 -115 85 YES Education and health services 0.2 0.2 34 45 Educational services -0.5 0.4 YES -21 14 YES Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.2 YES 55 41 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -94 74 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.7 -42 36 YES Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.4 -52 62 Other services -1.2 0.8 YES -79 48 YES Government -0.4 0.1 YES -83 28 YES Federal 0.4 0.1 YES 13 2 YES State and local -0.4 0.1 YES -95 28 YES State and local education -0.1 0.1 -18 14 YES State and local, excluding education -0.8 0.2 YES -77 17 YES REGION Northeast -0.3 0.3 -102 80 YES South -0.3 0.2 YES -205 99 YES Midwest -0.1 0.3 -55 94 West -0.1 0.3 -56 92 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 6, 2020. *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.