TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2018 and August 2018, 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 59 231 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 80 227 Mining and logging (1) -0.3 0.8 -2 6 Construction (1) 0.2 0.6 23 43 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -8 34 Durable goods (1) 0.0 0.3 -3 25 Nondurable goods (1) -0.1 0.3 -5 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.3 -54 84 Wholesale trade (1) -0.4 0.5 -23 33 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 -5 66 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.5 0.6 -27 29 Information (1) 0.1 0.8 3 24 Financial activities 0.3 0.6 30 52 Finance and insurance 0.5 0.7 30 44 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) -0.1 1.0 -2 21 Professional and business services 0.3 0.6 74 106 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 25 67 Educational services (1) 0.2 0.4 9 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.4 16 64 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.5 -9 72 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 0.9 -7 19 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.5 -2 68 Other services (1) 0.0 0.9 -1 52 Government -0.1 0.2 -20 39 Federal (1) 0.5 0.4 YES 15 11 YES State and local -0.2 0.2 -35 34 YES State and local education -0.1 0.1 -13 15 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.3 -20 28 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -45 88 South 0.2 0.3 124 144 Midwest 0.0 0.3 -18 84 West 0.0 0.3 -1 102 (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, October 16, 2018. *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.