TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2016 and March 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 -0.1 0.1 -90 191 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -74 189 Mining and logging -2.6 0.6 YES -18 5 YES Construction 0.4 1.0 31 66 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -5 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -5 27 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 0 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 27 70 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.5 2 27 Retail trade 0.2 0.4 40 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -16 26 Information 0.2 0.5 6 15 Financial activities -0.1 0.4 -1 28 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.3 -16 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.6 0.9 14 19 Professional and business services -0.8 0.5 YES -133 79 YES Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -3 38 Educational services -0.1 0.5 -2 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -1 33 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 -8 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.3 1.8 -25 34 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.5 18 59 Other services 0.5 0.7 30 40 Government -0.1 0.1 -15 22 Federal -0.1 0.1 -3 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 -13 22 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -12 10 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 0 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 -4 82 South 0.0 0.2 11 105 Midwest -0.3 0.3 -106 89 YES West 0.0 0.3 8 94 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 9, 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.