TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2017 and June 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 -60 192 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -34 189 Mining and logging 0.4 0.7 4 5 Construction 0.0 1.0 2 65 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 12 36 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 5 26 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 8 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -30 70 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.5 3 26 Retail trade -0.2 0.3 -17 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -15 25 Information 0.4 0.5 11 15 Financial activities 0.2 0.3 23 28 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.3 19 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 0.9 4 18 Professional and business services -0.5 0.5 -87 76 YES Education and health services 0.1 0.2 32 38 Educational services 0.0 0.4 2 14 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.2 30 34 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.5 -19 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 1.8 12 34 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -31 59 Other services 0.3 0.8 19 41 Government - 0.1 - 22 Federal - 0.1 - 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -22 22 State and local education -0.2 0.1 YES -11 11 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -11 14 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -32 82 South -0.1 0.2 -43 104 Midwest -0.3 0.3 -66 89 West 0.2 0.3 80 93 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 7, 2018. - Data not available. *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.