TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2015 and December 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 -22 193 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 8 189 Mining and logging -2.2 0.6 YES -18 4 YES Construction 1.9 1.0 YES 124 65 YES Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -14 37 Durable goods -0.2 0.3 -14 27 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 0 22 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -41 70 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -9 27 Retail trade -0.3 0.3 -44 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 11 26 Information 0.4 0.5 9 15 Financial activities 0.0 0.4 3 28 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -5 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.3 0.9 8 19 Professional and business services -0.2 0.5 -17 82 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -8 38 Educational services 0.2 0.5 6 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -15 33 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.6 -46 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.4 1.7 8 32 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.5 -55 59 Other services 0.3 0.8 15 41 Government -0.1 0.1 -29 22 YES Federal 0.1 0.1 5 3 YES State and local -0.2 0.1 YES -35 22 YES State and local education -0.3 0.1 YES -26 10 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -9 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 4 83 South -0.2 0.2 -52 106 Midwest 0.0 0.3 13 91 West 0.0 0.3 14 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 7, 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.