TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2021 and April 2021, and test of significance, seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total nonfarm -0.1 0.1 -81 191 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -79 190 Mining and logging 0.5 1.0 3 7 Construction 0.1 0.9 7 68 Manufacturing -0.2 0.2 -15 29 Durable goods 0.0 0.2 -3 20 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -12 20 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 -3 74 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.4 3 22 Retail trade 0.0 0.3 -3 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -3 32 Information 0.0 0.7 0 19 Financial activities -0.3 0.3 -30 25 YES Finance and insurance -0.4 0.3 YES -24 18 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.7 -7 15 Professional and business services -0.2 0.4 -44 82 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 3 46 Educational services 0.1 0.4 1 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 0 43 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -11 81 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.1 1.8 -17 40 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.4 6 61 Other services 0.2 0.8 13 46 Government 0.0 0.1 -2 26 Federal 0.0 0.1 1 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 -3 26 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -1 18 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -2 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -19 79 South -0.1 0.2 -22 107 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -47 91 West 0.1 0.3 7 92 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 8, 2021. *NOTE: Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-month change.