TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2017 and March 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 0.0 0.1 -98 192 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -99 189 Mining and logging 0.4 0.7 4 5 Construction -0.2 1.0 -9 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -2 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -5 26 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 3 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 -17 70 Wholesale trade -0.3 0.5 -13 26 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -5 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 1 25 Information 0.1 0.5 2 15 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -19 28 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -5 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.9 -14 18 Professional and business services 0.2 0.5 34 76 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -16 38 Educational services 0.1 0.4 4 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -20 34 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.5 -31 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.8 6 34 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -37 59 Other services -0.7 0.8 -44 41 YES Government 0.0 0.1 2 22 Federal 0.1 0.1 0 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 1 22 State and local education 0.0 0.1 2 11 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 -1 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -34 82 South 0.0 0.2 7 104 Midwest -0.3 0.3 -91 89 YES West 0.0 0.3 19 93 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 8, 2018. *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.