TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2015 and February 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 0.0 0.1 22 193 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 20 189 Mining and logging -0.3 0.6 -6 4 YES Construction 0.1 1.0 18 65 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 16 37 Durable goods 0.2 0.3 16 27 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 0 22 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 6 70 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -15 27 Retail trade 0.1 0.3 21 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 0 26 Information -0.2 0.5 -4 15 Financial activities 0.2 0.4 18 28 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.3 15 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.9 1 19 Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -13 82 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 1 38 Educational services 0.1 0.5 6 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -5 33 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 -9 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.2 1.7 -23 32 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 13 59 Other services -0.1 0.8 -6 41 Government 0.0 0.1 2 22 Federal -0.1 0.1 -3 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 5 22 State and local education 0.0 0.1 8 10 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 -2 14 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.3 51 83 South -0.1 0.2 -10 106 Midwest 0.0 0.3 -20 91 West 0.0 0.3 0 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 5, 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.