TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2019 and February 2019, 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 47 176 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.1 64 175 Mining and logging -0.1 0.9 -2 6 Construction -0.1 0.7 -10 52 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -9 28 Durable goods 0.1 0.2 7 19 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.4 -15 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 8 70 Wholesale trade (1) -0.1 0.4 -9 22 Retail trade 0.1 0.3 6 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 12 29 Information 0.0 0.5 -1 15 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 -1 26 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 4 21 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 0.6 -5 13 Professional and business services 0.3 0.4 58 63 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 22 45 Educational services 0.2 0.4 7 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 16 41 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -5 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 1.6 8 35 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.4 -13 56 Other services 0.0 0.7 1 42 Government -0.1 0.1 -16 24 Federal -0.1 0.1 -4 2 YES State and local 0.0 0.1 -12 24 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -5 16 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -9 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 0 76 South 0.1 0.2 34 99 Midwest 0.0 0.3 15 90 West 0.0 0.3 -2 86 (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 9, 2019. *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.