TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2018 and June 2019, 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 -131 180 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -135 175 Mining and logging -0.7 0.8 -6 6 Construction 0.2 0.9 18 58 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -16 30 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -3 21 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -13 17 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.2 -4 65 Wholesale trade 0.3 0.4 17 23 Retail trade -0.1 0.3 -7 49 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -14 28 Information -0.3 0.6 -11 17 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 -6 25 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.3 -21 19 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.6 0.6 15 13 YES Professional and business services -0.3 0.4 -60 77 Education and health services -0.2 0.2 -24 49 Educational services -0.2 0.4 -3 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -21 44 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.5 17 72 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.3 1.8 -36 40 Accommodation and food services 0.3 0.4 53 54 Other services -0.7 0.8 -45 46 Government 0.0 0.1 4 26 Federal 0.0 0.1 1 2 State and local 0.1 0.1 3 26 State and local education 0.1 0.1 11 12 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -8 15 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -50 79 South -0.2 0.2 -96 96 Midwest 0.1 0.3 41 93 West -0.1 0.3 -25 86 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 6, 2019. *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.