TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2016 and November 2016, 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 68 190 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 56 185 Mining and logging (1) -0.6 0.6 -4 4 Construction -0.2 0.9 -14 59 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 4 36 Durable goods 0.0 0.3 -2 26 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 5 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 33 67 Wholesale trade (1) -0.1 0.5 -3 27 Retail trade 0.1 0.4 24 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.5 13 26 Information 0.1 0.4 2 13 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 4 28 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.3 10 18 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.8 -7 17 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 -3 75 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -3 38 Educational services -0.2 0.5 -4 14 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 1 34 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 6 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.5 1.8 -12 34 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.5 18 60 Other services 0.6 0.8 33 43 Government 0.0 0.1 12 23 Federal 0.1 0.1 2 2 State and local 0.1 0.1 9 22 State and local education 0.1 0.1 10 11 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.1 -1 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 9 82 South 0.0 0.2 20 101 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -13 85 West 0.2 0.3 52 89 (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, January 10, 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.