TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2015 and January 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 -0.2 0.1 YES -134 193 INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.2 -130 189 Mining and logging -0.2 0.6 -6 4 YES Construction -0.7 1.0 -31 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 5 37 Durable goods 0.2 0.3 11 27 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -7 22 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.5 0.3 YES -113 70 YES Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -15 27 Retail trade -0.7 0.3 YES -92 52 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.1 0.5 -6 26 Information -0.2 0.5 -3 15 Financial activities 0.0 0.4 2 28 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.3 15 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.9 -13 19 Professional and business services 0.2 0.5 47 82 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 20 38 Educational services -0.1 0.5 0 14 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.2 20 33 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -34 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.7 -4 32 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.5 -29 59 Other services -0.3 0.8 -17 41 Government -0.1 0.1 -4 22 Federal 0.1 0.1 4 3 YES State and local -0.1 0.1 -8 22 State and local education 0.1 0.1 4 10 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.1 YES -12 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 12 83 South -0.3 0.2 YES -131 106 YES Midwest -0.2 0.3 -40 91 West 0.0 0.3 25 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 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.