TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2017 and December 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 0.0 0.1 58 192 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 81 189 Mining and logging -0.2 0.7 -1 5 Construction 0.2 1.0 23 65 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 11 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -5 26 Nondurable goods 0.3 0.4 16 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 50 70 Wholesale trade 0.3 0.5 20 26 Retail trade 0.3 0.3 61 52 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.6 0.5 YES -32 25 YES Information -0.1 0.5 -3 15 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 2 28 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 6 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.9 -5 18 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 23 76 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -11 38 Educational services 0.0 0.4 1 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 -11 34 Leisure and hospitality 0.1 0.5 17 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 1.8 12 34 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 6 59 Other services -0.6 0.8 -32 41 Government -0.1 0.1 -22 22 Federal 0.0 0.1 0 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -21 22 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -10 11 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -12 14 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -42 82 South 0.0 0.2 33 104 Midwest 0.2 0.3 92 89 YES West -0.1 0.3 -23 93 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 2019. *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.