TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2020 and May 2021, 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 -0.7 0.1 YES -837 193 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.7 0.2 YES -712 190 YES Mining and logging -1.9 1.0 YES -12 7 YES Construction -0.7 1.0 -41 69 Manufacturing -0.3 0.2 YES -37 29 YES Durable goods -0.4 0.3 YES -25 21 YES Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -13 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.8 0.3 YES -178 71 YES Wholesale trade -1.2 0.4 YES -61 23 YES Retail trade -0.5 0.3 YES -60 52 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -1.0 0.5 YES -57 28 YES Information -0.6 0.6 -13 18 Financial activities -0.2 0.3 -20 25 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.3 -6 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.6 YES -15 14 YES Professional and business services -1.0 0.4 YES -180 80 YES Education and health services -0.7 0.2 YES -151 49 YES Educational services -1.4 0.4 YES -45 14 YES Health care and social assistance -0.6 0.2 YES -106 43 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.9 0.5 YES -53 78 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -2.4 1.7 YES -21 37 Accommodation and food services -0.7 0.5 YES -33 66 Other services -0.7 0.9 -27 50 Government -0.6 0.1 YES -125 31 YES Federal -0.6 0.1 YES -17 2 YES State and local -0.6 0.2 YES -109 30 YES State and local education -0.8 0.1 YES -75 15 YES State and local, excluding education -0.4 0.2 YES -33 18 YES REGION Northeast -0.8 0.3 YES -172 82 YES South -0.6 0.2 YES -262 108 YES Midwest -0.6 0.3 YES -158 97 YES West -0.8 0.3 YES -244 97 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 2021. *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.