TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2019 and October 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 0.0 0.1 -132 183 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.1 -230 180 YES Mining and logging 0.1 0.9 -2 7 Construction -0.6 0.9 -55 61 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 1 27 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 -1 20 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 2 16 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.2 -25 64 Wholesale trade -0.5 0.4 YES -32 21 YES Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -7 44 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.5 14 26 Information -0.6 0.6 -16 17 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 2 24 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 -2 17 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 0.5 4 12 Professional and business services -0.2 0.5 -56 85 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -23 45 Educational services 0.1 0.4 2 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -25 41 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -73 74 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.7 -38 36 YES Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.4 -35 62 Other services 0.3 0.8 16 48 Government 0.5 0.1 YES 99 28 YES Federal 4.1 0.1 YES 125 2 YES State and local -0.1 0.1 -26 28 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -4 14 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.2 -22 17 YES REGION Northeast 0.1 0.3 -11 80 South -0.1 0.2 -73 99 Midwest 0.2 0.3 47 94 West -0.2 0.3 -95 92 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 2020. *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.