TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2017 and July 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 -0.1 0.1 -195 192 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.2 -170 189 Mining and logging 1.0 0.7 YES 8 5 YES Construction -0.7 1.0 -44 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 7 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -7 26 Nondurable goods 0.3 0.4 14 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 63 70 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.5 -10 26 Retail trade 0.4 0.3 YES 63 52 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 10 25 Information 0.1 0.5 0 15 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 -2 28 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.3 14 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.8 0.9 -17 18 Professional and business services -0.8 0.5 YES -171 76 YES Education and health services 0.1 0.2 10 38 Educational services 0.7 0.4 YES 24 14 YES Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -14 34 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.5 -32 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.8 1.8 -47 34 YES Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.5 14 59 Other services -0.1 0.8 -8 41 Government -0.1 0.1 -26 22 YES Federal -0.2 0.1 YES -4 3 YES State and local -0.1 0.1 -22 22 State and local education -0.2 0.1 YES -23 11 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 0 14 REGION Northeast -0.4 0.3 YES -89 82 YES South 0.0 0.2 8 104 Midwest -0.3 0.3 -76 89 West -0.2 0.3 -41 93 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 11, 2018. *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.