TABLE 5: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and October 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 5 190 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 15 185 Mining and logging (1) 0.2 0.6 2 4 Construction 0.2 0.9 15 59 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -6 36 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -5 26 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.4 -1 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -27 67 Wholesale trade (1) 0.0 0.5 3 27 Retail trade -0.2 0.4 -35 53 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.5 4 26 Information -0.2 0.4 -5 13 Financial activities -0.1 0.3 -7 28 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.3 -7 18 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.0 0.8 0 17 Professional and business services 0.0 0.5 -12 75 Education and health services 0.2 0.2 53 38 YES Educational services 0.2 0.5 7 14 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.2 46 34 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 33 77 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 1.8 7 34 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.5 25 60 Other services -0.5 0.8 -30 43 Government 0.0 0.1 -11 23 Federal 0.0 0.1 -1 2 State and local 0.0 0.1 -10 22 State and local education -0.2 0.1 YES -18 11 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.1 8 14 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 -20 82 South 0.0 0.2 -3 101 Midwest 0.1 0.3 39 85 West -0.1 0.3 -12 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, December 7, 2016. *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.