TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2020 and February 2021, 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 -172 193 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -163 190 Mining and logging 0.6 1.0 2 7 Construction 0.9 1.0 54 69 Manufacturing -0.4 0.2 YES -51 29 YES Durable goods -0.5 0.3 YES -37 21 YES Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -15 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.3 -86 71 YES Wholesale trade -0.1 0.4 -6 23 Retail trade -0.5 0.3 YES -76 52 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -5 28 Information -0.2 0.6 -8 18 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -18 25 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -6 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.6 -14 14 Professional and business services 0.2 0.4 29 80 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -20 49 Educational services 0.0 0.4 0 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -19 43 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 -81 78 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.7 -6 37 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -76 66 YES Other services 0.4 0.9 16 50 Government 0.0 0.1 -10 31 Federal 0.1 0.1 2 2 State and local 0.0 0.2 -11 30 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -6 15 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -5 18 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.3 29 82 South 0.0 0.2 -51 108 Midwest -0.2 0.3 -71 97 West -0.2 0.3 -80 97 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 6, 2021. *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.