TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and July 2020, 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 -0.2 0.1 YES -274 177 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.1 YES -263 176 YES Mining and logging -0.2 0.9 -2 6 Construction 0.1 0.9 4 61 Manufacturing -0.2 0.2 -27 27 Durable goods -0.5 0.2 YES -40 18 YES Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 13 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.4 0.2 YES -99 64 YES Wholesale trade (1) -0.4 0.3 YES -21 19 YES Retail trade -0.3 0.3 -37 46 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.7 0.5 YES -40 28 YES Information 0.0 0.6 -2 16 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 5 23 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.3 -2 19 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.3 0.6 8 13 Professional and business services 0.0 0.4 -12 74 Education and health services -0.1 0.2 -23 44 Educational services 0.0 0.4 0 14 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.2 -23 38 Leisure and hospitality -0.7 0.5 YES -73 79 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.8 1.8 -22 42 Accommodation and food services -0.6 0.4 YES -51 59 Other services -0.8 0.8 -36 46 Government -0.1 0.1 -10 26 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 2 State and local -0.1 0.1 -8 26 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -4 17 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 -5 13 REGION Northeast -0.4 0.3 YES -100 74 YES South -0.3 0.2 YES -129 100 YES Midwest -0.1 0.3 -35 89 West -0.1 0.3 -10 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, September 9, 2020. *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.