TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2020 and March 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 6.3 0.1 YES 9526 177 YES INDUSTRY Total private 7.3 0.1 YES 9445 176 YES Mining and logging 3.7 0.9 YES 26 6 YES Construction 5.5 0.9 YES 416 61 YES Manufacturing 3.5 0.2 YES 453 27 YES Durable goods 3.8 0.2 YES 308 18 YES Nondurable goods 3.1 0.4 YES 146 19 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 4.6 0.2 YES 1286 64 YES Wholesale trade (1) 3.0 0.3 YES 181 19 YES Retail trade 5.8 0.3 YES 908 46 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 3.1 0.5 YES 198 28 YES Information 1.0 0.6 YES 30 16 YES Financial activities 1.7 0.3 YES 151 23 YES Finance and insurance 0.4 0.3 YES 32 19 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 5.1 0.6 YES 119 13 YES Professional and business services 2.6 0.4 YES 553 74 YES Education and health services 4.3 0.2 YES 1056 44 YES Educational services 6.2 0.4 YES 238 14 YES Health care and social assistance 3.9 0.2 YES 819 38 YES Leisure and hospitality 28.0 0.5 YES 4579 79 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 18.1 1.8 YES 444 42 YES Accommodation and food services 29.7 0.4 YES 4136 59 YES Other services 15.1 0.8 YES 894 46 YES Government 0.4 0.1 YES 80 26 YES Federal 0.0 0.1 1 2 State and local 0.4 0.1 YES 80 26 YES State and local education 0.3 0.2 YES 36 17 YES State and local, excluding education 0.4 0.1 YES 44 13 YES REGION Northeast 7.3 0.3 YES 2027 74 YES South 5.5 0.2 YES 3031 100 YES Midwest 7.3 0.3 YES 2411 89 YES West 5.9 0.3 YES 2056 86 YES (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, May 15, 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.