TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2020 and January 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 0.1 0.2 165 323 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 142 312 Mining and logging 1.5 1.0 YES 10 7 YES Construction 0.5 0.9 42 70 Manufacturing 0.2 0.4 36 50 Durable goods 0.4 0.4 25 35 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.6 10 30 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.5 24 138 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.7 6 44 Retail trade 0.0 0.6 -1 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.8 21 51 Information 0.0 0.8 0 23 Financial activities 0.2 0.7 26 64 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.8 8 56 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.7 1.1 17 25 Professional and business services -0.5 0.7 -123 149 Education and health services 0.3 0.4 79 102 Educational services 0.6 0.5 YES 21 19 YES Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.4 57 100 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.6 -14 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.0 1.2 18 28 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.6 -32 94 Other services 1.1 1.0 YES 62 63 Government 0.1 0.2 22 57 Federal -0.5 0.5 -15 15 State and local 0.2 0.3 37 55 State and local education 0.5 0.2 YES 56 23 YES State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.5 -19 50 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 8 121 South 0.1 0.3 69 192 Midwest 0.2 0.4 60 146 West 0.1 0.4 27 140 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 2021. *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.