TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2015 and November 2016, 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 -61 193 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -74 189 Mining and logging -0.2 0.6 -3 4 Construction -0.2 1.0 -8 65 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -9 37 Durable goods -0.2 0.3 -15 27 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 6 22 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 5 70 Wholesale trade -0.3 0.5 -13 27 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 8 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 10 26 Information -0.4 0.5 -9 15 Financial activities 0.0 0.4 -4 28 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 0 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 0.9 -4 19 Professional and business services -0.4 0.5 -70 82 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 9 38 Educational services -0.2 0.5 -8 14 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.2 17 33 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.6 -13 75 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.8 1.7 -14 32 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 1 59 Other services 0.5 0.8 29 41 Government 0.1 0.1 13 22 Federal 0.1 0.1 3 3 State and local 0.1 0.1 10 22 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -5 10 State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.1 YES 15 14 YES REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -28 83 South 0.0 0.2 -35 106 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -20 91 West 0.1 0.3 21 96 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 10, 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.