TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2018 and March 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 -60 180 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -50 175 Mining and logging 0.7 0.8 5 6 Construction 0.0 0.9 8 58 Manufacturing 0.1 0.2 17 30 Durable goods 0.3 0.3 24 21 YES Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -7 17 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.2 7 65 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.4 5 23 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -8 49 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 10 28 Information -0.4 0.6 -12 17 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -12 25 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -6 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.6 -6 13 Professional and business services -0.1 0.4 -9 77 Education and health services -0.2 0.2 -52 49 YES Educational services 0.0 0.4 0 14 Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.2 YES -52 44 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -9 72 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.6 1.8 -35 40 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.4 27 54 Other services 0.1 0.8 7 46 Government 0.0 0.1 -10 26 Federal -0.1 0.1 -3 2 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 -8 26 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -7 12 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -1 15 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -49 79 South 0.2 0.2 96 96 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -9 93 West -0.3 0.3 -96 86 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 7, 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.