TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and January 2017, 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 0.0 0.1 1 186 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 1 183 Mining and logging (1) 1.0 0.7 YES 7 5 YES Construction -0.7 0.9 -42 60 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -1 35 Durable goods 0.0 0.3 1 26 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -1 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 36 67 Wholesale trade (1) 0.0 0.5 0 27 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 9 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.5 27 26 YES Information 0.0 0.4 -1 13 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 -10 28 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 4 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.8 -13 17 Professional and business services -0.2 0.4 -34 74 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -14 39 Educational services 0.0 0.5 2 14 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.2 -16 34 Leisure and hospitality 0.4 0.6 52 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.8 1.8 -17 34 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.5 69 58 YES Other services 0.1 0.8 7 42 Government 0.0 0.1 1 23 Federal 0.0 0.1 1 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 0 22 State and local education 0.1 0.1 9 10 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -9 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 18 80 South 0.0 0.2 7 100 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -23 84 West 0.0 0.3 -1 88 (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, March 16, 2017. *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.