TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2016 and November 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 0.0 0.1 35 191 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 46 189 Mining and logging 0.4 0.6 4 5 Construction 0.2 1.0 20 66 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 10 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -1 27 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 11 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -6 70 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.5 -3 27 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 0 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.1 0.5 -2 26 Information -0.2 0.5 -4 15 Financial activities -0.1 0.4 -8 28 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 -3 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.9 -4 19 Professional and business services -0.2 0.5 -29 79 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -19 38 Educational services 0.0 0.5 1 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -20 33 Leisure and hospitality 0.4 0.6 75 74 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.6 1.8 33 34 Accommodation and food services 0.3 0.5 42 59 Other services 0.0 0.7 2 40 Government -0.1 0.1 -10 22 Federal 0.0 0.1 1 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -11 22 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -1 10 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -9 14 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.3 32 82 South 0.1 0.2 103 105 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -51 89 West -0.1 0.3 -50 94 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 9, 2018. *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.