TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2021 and June 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 0.0 0.1 -43 191 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -26 190 Mining and logging -0.4 1.0 -2 7 Construction 0.3 0.9 24 68 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -12 29 Durable goods 0.0 0.2 -4 20 Nondurable goods -0.2 0.4 -7 20 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 15 74 Wholesale trade -0.4 0.4 -21 22 Retail trade 0.2 0.3 31 52 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 5 32 Information -0.2 0.7 -4 19 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 -2 25 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.3 12 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.7 -14 15 Professional and business services 0.1 0.4 10 82 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -14 46 Educational services 0.1 0.4 2 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 -16 43 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 -43 81 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.8 0 40 Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.4 -43 61 Other services 0.0 0.8 2 46 Government 0.0 0.1 -17 26 Federal 0.1 0.1 1 3 State and local -0.1 0.1 -18 26 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -13 18 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -5 14 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -46 79 South 0.0 0.2 0 107 Midwest 0.0 0.3 3 91 West 0.0 0.3 0 92 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 9, 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.