TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2019 and May 2020, 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 0.2 0.1 YES -19 183 INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.1 YES -53 180 Mining and logging 1.5 0.9 YES 8 7 YES Construction -0.2 0.9 -19 61 Manufacturing 0.2 0.2 7 27 Durable goods 0.3 0.3 13 20 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -7 16 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.2 YES 68 64 YES Wholesale trade 1.0 0.4 YES 55 21 YES Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -23 44 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.8 0.5 YES 35 26 YES Information -0.2 0.6 -8 17 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 1 24 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 -1 17 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.5 2 12 Professional and business services -0.3 0.5 -95 85 YES Education and health services 0.1 0.2 15 45 Educational services -0.4 0.4 -23 14 YES Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.2 38 41 Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.5 -34 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.4 1.7 -26 36 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.4 YES -9 62 Other services 0.3 0.8 7 48 Government 0.2 0.1 YES 34 28 YES Federal 0.7 0.1 YES 21 2 YES State and local 0.1 0.1 13 28 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -12 14 State and local, excluding education 0.3 0.2 YES 24 17 YES REGION Northeast 0.3 0.3 66 80 South 0.2 0.2 12 99 Midwest 0.2 0.3 19 94 West -0.2 0.3 -115 92 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 2020. *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.