TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and December 2021, 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 0.2 150 323 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 129 312 Mining and logging 0.7 1.0 5 7 Construction -0.2 0.9 -21 70 Manufacturing 0.0 0.4 3 50 Durable goods -0.3 0.4 -28 35 Nondurable goods 0.5 0.6 31 30 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.5 -24 138 Wholesale trade -0.8 0.7 YES -48 44 YES Retail trade 0.0 0.6 -11 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.8 34 51 Information 1.2 0.8 YES 40 23 YES Financial activities -0.8 0.7 YES -84 64 YES Finance and insurance -1.2 0.8 YES -89 56 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 1.1 6 25 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 21 149 Education and health services 0.2 0.4 61 102 Educational services 0.7 0.5 YES 27 19 YES Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.4 33 100 Leisure and hospitality 0.7 0.6 YES 131 99 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.2 -2 28 Accommodation and food services 0.7 0.6 YES 133 94 YES Other services 0.0 1.0 -2 63 Government 0.0 0.2 21 57 Federal 0.3 0.5 10 15 State and local 0.1 0.3 10 55 State and local education 0.3 0.2 YES 31 23 YES State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.5 -20 50 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 37 121 South 0.1 0.3 66 192 Midwest 0.0 0.4 -10 146 West 0.1 0.4 57 140 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2022. *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.