TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and August 2019, 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 -123 281 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -142 276 Mining and logging (1) -0.9 1.0 -8 8 Construction (1) 0.2 0.8 19 58 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -29 42 Durable goods (1) 0.2 0.4 20 31 Nondurable goods (1) -0.9 0.5 YES -49 24 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 47 108 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.7 15 42 Retail trade 0.1 0.5 11 81 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 0.3 0.8 21 46 Information (1) -1.5 0.7 YES -47 22 YES Financial activities -0.2 0.7 -15 63 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.8 5 52 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) -0.8 1.1 -19 24 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 -10 132 Education and health services 0.0 0.4 -14 97 Educational services (1) -0.4 0.5 -15 19 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.5 2 94 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -61 101 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.0 7 25 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.6 -68 94 Other services -0.4 1.0 -25 60 Government 0.0 0.2 19 46 Federal (1) 0.3 0.3 10 10 State and local 0.0 0.2 9 44 State and local education 0.0 0.2 0 18 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.3 9 33 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 67 109 South 0.1 0.3 55 171 Midwest -0.5 0.4 YES -183 119 YES West -0.2 0.4 -60 130 (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 9, 2019. *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.