TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and November 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 201 183 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.1 YES 113 180 Mining and logging -1.0 0.9 YES -9 7 YES Construction -0.4 0.9 -38 61 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 5 27 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 -2 20 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 7 16 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.2 -9 64 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.4 4 21 Retail trade -0.1 0.3 -18 44 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 5 26 Information -0.1 0.6 -5 17 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 1 24 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 10 17 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.4 0.5 -9 12 Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -42 85 Education and health services 0.2 0.2 41 45 Educational services 0.2 0.4 7 14 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.2 33 41 Leisure and hospitality 1.6 0.5 YES 144 74 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.7 -40 36 YES Accommodation and food services 2.0 0.4 YES 183 62 YES Other services 0.5 0.8 26 48 Government 0.4 0.1 YES 88 28 YES Federal 2.9 0.1 YES 87 2 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 1 28 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -6 14 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 8 17 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -56 80 South 0.0 0.2 7 99 Midwest 0.4 0.3 YES 109 94 YES West 0.5 0.3 YES 139 92 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 12, 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.