TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2017 and November 2018, 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 35 192 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 37 189 Mining and logging -0.2 0.7 -1 5 Construction 0.1 1.0 19 65 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 12 36 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 15 26 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -4 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 27 70 Wholesale trade 0.4 0.5 25 26 Retail trade -0.1 0.3 -14 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.5 15 25 Information -0.3 0.5 -6 15 Financial activities 0.2 0.3 17 28 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 12 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 0.9 5 18 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 6 76 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 3 38 Educational services 0.2 0.4 8 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 -5 34 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.5 -25 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.8 -4 34 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.5 -22 59 Other services -0.2 0.8 -14 41 Government 0.0 0.1 -2 22 Federal -0.3 0.1 YES -6 3 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 4 22 State and local education 0.1 0.1 7 11 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 -3 14 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -43 82 South 0.0 0.2 13 104 Midwest 0.3 0.3 100 89 YES West -0.1 0.3 -36 93 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 8, 2019. *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.