TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and July 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 -125 183 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.1 -90 180 Mining and logging 0.7 0.9 3 7 Construction 0.3 0.9 15 61 Manufacturing 0.5 0.2 YES 52 27 YES Durable goods 0.4 0.3 YES 28 20 YES Nondurable goods 0.6 0.4 YES 23 16 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.2 -53 64 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.4 -10 21 Retail trade -0.3 0.3 -53 44 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.5 11 26 Information -1.3 0.6 YES -40 17 YES Financial activities 0.2 0.3 8 24 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 8 17 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.5 1 12 Professional and business services 0.2 0.5 11 85 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -39 45 Educational services 0.4 0.4 8 14 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.2 -47 41 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.5 -36 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.1 1.7 6 36 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.4 -42 62 Other services -0.1 0.8 -10 48 Government -0.1 0.1 -36 28 YES Federal 0.2 0.1 YES 5 2 YES State and local -0.2 0.1 YES -41 28 YES State and local education -0.2 0.1 YES -25 14 YES State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.2 -17 17 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -38 80 South -0.1 0.2 -68 99 Midwest 0.1 0.3 -1 94 West 0.1 0.3 -20 92 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 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.