TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2016 and May 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 -70 191 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -30 189 Mining and logging -0.4 0.6 -2 5 Construction 0.1 1.0 9 66 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -21 36 Durable goods -0.3 0.3 -27 27 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 6 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -19 70 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -13 27 Retail trade 0.1 0.4 9 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -13 26 Information 0.3 0.5 6 15 Financial activities 0.1 0.4 8 28 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.3 -7 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.6 0.9 15 19 Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -2 79 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 11 38 Educational services 0.2 0.5 6 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 5 33 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -44 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.8 -7 34 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -38 59 Other services 0.5 0.7 25 40 Government -0.1 0.1 -39 22 YES Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 3 State and local -0.2 0.1 YES -36 22 YES State and local education -0.4 0.1 YES -37 10 YES State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.1 0 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -21 82 South 0.2 0.2 73 105 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -10 89 West -0.4 0.3 YES -111 94 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 11, 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.