TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2016 and June 2017, 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 93 191 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 98 189 Mining and logging -0.6 0.6 -4 5 Construction 0.3 1.0 21 66 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -3 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -2 27 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -1 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 10 70 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.5 -4 27 Retail trade 0.1 0.4 23 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.5 -8 26 Information 0.0 0.5 -2 15 Financial activities 0.0 0.4 8 28 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.3 11 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 0.9 -3 19 Professional and business services 0.4 0.5 92 79 YES Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -33 38 Educational services -0.5 0.5 -14 14 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.2 -18 33 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 -3 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.8 3 34 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -6 59 Other services 0.2 0.7 10 40 Government 0.0 0.1 -5 22 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -2 22 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -9 10 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 7 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 29 82 South 0.3 0.2 YES 154 105 YES Midwest -0.2 0.3 -29 89 West -0.1 0.3 -62 94 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 8, 2017. *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.