TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2019 and January 2020, 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 -33 183 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.1 -5 180 Mining and logging -0.9 0.9 -7 7 Construction 0.0 0.9 10 61 Manufacturing 0.2 0.2 29 27 YES Durable goods 0.3 0.3 27 20 YES Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 3 16 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.2 4 64 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.4 -8 21 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 5 44 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 6 26 Information -0.4 0.6 -11 17 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -14 24 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 2 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.5 YES -16 12 YES Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 6 85 Education and health services -0.2 0.2 -33 45 Educational services -0.6 0.4 YES -20 14 YES Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -13 41 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.5 -27 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.6 1.7 -11 36 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.4 -16 62 Other services 0.6 0.8 38 48 Government -0.1 0.1 -28 28 Federal 0.0 0.1 0 2 State and local -0.1 0.1 -29 28 YES State and local education 0.0 0.1 -1 14 State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.2 YES -28 17 YES REGION Northeast 0.1 0.3 46 80 South -0.2 0.2 -116 99 YES Midwest 0.1 0.3 37 94 West -0.1 0.3 0 92 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 2020. *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.