TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2020 and July 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 -0.4 0.1 YES -448 193 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.4 0.2 YES -380 190 YES Mining and logging -1.5 1.0 YES -9 7 YES Construction -0.2 1.0 -13 69 Manufacturing -0.5 0.2 YES -56 29 YES Durable goods -0.5 0.3 YES -42 21 YES Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -14 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.3 -70 71 Wholesale trade -0.4 0.4 -22 23 Retail trade -0.1 0.3 1 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.9 0.5 YES -49 28 YES Information 0.1 0.6 2 18 Financial activities -0.5 0.3 YES -42 25 YES Finance and insurance -0.2 0.3 -15 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.2 0.6 YES -27 14 YES Professional and business services 0.0 0.4 7 80 Education and health services -0.5 0.2 YES -104 49 YES Educational services -1.0 0.4 YES -30 14 YES Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.2 YES -74 43 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.1 0.5 YES -121 78 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -2.3 1.7 YES -37 37 Accommodation and food services -0.9 0.5 YES -84 66 YES Other services 0.4 0.9 25 50 Government -0.3 0.1 YES -67 31 YES Federal -0.2 0.1 YES -5 2 YES State and local -0.4 0.2 YES -62 30 YES State and local education -0.8 0.1 YES -65 15 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 3 18 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.3 -68 82 South -0.3 0.2 YES -119 108 YES Midwest -0.3 0.3 -92 97 West -0.5 0.3 YES -170 97 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 8, 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.