TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and January 2020, 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 0.3 0.2 YES 411 308 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES 370 303 YES Mining and logging (1) 1.1 1.0 YES 8 7 YES Construction (1) 0.7 0.9 58 65 Manufacturing 0.3 0.3 42 43 Durable goods (1) 0.4 0.4 33 33 Nondurable goods (1) 0.2 0.5 9 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 45 131 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.7 -2 43 Retail trade 0.1 0.5 7 94 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 0.5 0.8 39 50 Information (1) 0.6 0.7 20 22 Financial activities 0.8 0.7 YES 81 62 YES Finance and insurance 0.9 0.8 YES 65 53 YES Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 0.7 1.0 16 24 Professional and business services 0.1 0.7 29 136 Education and health services 0.3 0.4 93 99 Educational services (1) 0.5 0.5 20 20 Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.4 73 97 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.6 -24 109 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.6 1.1 17 29 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.7 -41 100 Other services 0.2 1.0 18 64 Government 0.1 0.2 40 50 Federal (1) 1.2 0.4 YES 38 12 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 3 48 State and local education 0.0 0.2 1 22 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.4 2 43 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 98 117 South 0.3 0.3 191 184 YES Midwest 0.2 0.4 96 146 West 0.0 0.4 26 137 (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, 2020. *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.