TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2015 and January 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 0.1 0.2 260 224 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 289 221 YES Mining and logging (1) 0.4 0.8 3 6 Construction (1) 0.9 0.6 YES 61 42 YES Manufacturing 0.1 0.2 19 32 Durable goods (1) 0.1 0.3 9 23 Nondurable goods (1) 0.2 0.3 10 17 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.5 0.3 YES 145 81 YES Wholesale trade (1) 1.1 0.5 YES 74 31 YES Retail trade 0.3 0.4 48 65 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 0.4 0.5 23 28 Information (1) 0.0 0.8 -1 24 Financial activities -0.3 0.6 -30 51 Finance and insurance -0.5 0.7 -28 43 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) -0.1 1.0 -2 21 Professional and business services 0.3 0.6 55 105 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 1 60 Educational services (1) -1.1 0.4 YES -40 14 YES Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 41 59 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.5 34 70 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 0.9 6 18 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.5 28 64 Other services (1) 0.0 0.9 2 49 Government -0.1 0.2 -29 37 Federal (1) 0.1 0.4 3 11 State and local -0.2 0.2 -32 32 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -16 15 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -17 26 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.3 10 84 South 0.1 0.3 94 137 Midwest 0.5 0.3 YES 168 80 YES West -0.1 0.3 -12 101 (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, March 17, 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.