TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between October 2020 and November 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 295 177 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.1 YES 332 176 YES Mining and logging -0.6 0.9 -4 6 Construction 0.0 0.9 -2 61 Manufacturing -0.1 0.2 -8 27 Durable goods -0.1 0.2 -5 18 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.4 -3 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.2 -14 64 Wholesale trade (1) 0.3 0.3 17 19 Retail trade -0.2 0.3 -28 46 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -3 28 Information 0.2 0.6 5 16 Financial activities 0.0 0.3 -1 23 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.3 13 19 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.6 -13 13 Professional and business services 0.1 0.4 35 74 Education and health services 0.1 0.2 44 44 Educational services 0.1 0.4 3 14 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.2 42 38 YES Leisure and hospitality 2.0 0.5 YES 262 79 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.0 1.8 0 42 Accommodation and food services 2.3 0.4 YES 263 59 YES Other services 0.2 0.8 13 46 Government -0.1 0.1 -38 26 YES Federal -1.7 0.1 YES -54 2 YES State and local 0.1 0.1 17 26 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -5 17 State and local, excluding education 0.3 0.1 YES 21 13 YES REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -44 74 South 0.0 0.2 45 100 Midwest 0.3 0.3 76 89 West 0.6 0.3 YES 217 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, January 12, 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.