TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2021 and January 2022, 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 -185 384 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.3 -109 376 Mining and logging -1.3 1.1 YES -9 7 YES Construction 0.2 0.9 21 72 Manufacturing 0.8 0.5 YES 109 62 YES Durable goods 1.0 0.5 YES 85 42 YES Nondurable goods 0.5 0.7 25 35 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -108 153 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.8 14 48 Retail trade 0.1 0.7 10 119 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -1.7 0.9 YES -132 63 YES Information 0.0 1.1 2 32 Financial activities 0.7 0.7 68 65 YES Finance and insurance 0.8 0.9 56 62 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.4 1.2 12 28 Professional and business services 0.1 0.9 44 184 Education and health services -0.2 0.4 -58 108 Educational services -0.8 0.6 YES -32 23 YES Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.5 -26 106 Leisure and hospitality -1.8 0.7 YES -314 111 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.1 1.2 -26 30 Accommodation and food services -1.9 0.8 YES -288 109 YES Other services 2.0 1.1 YES 136 66 YES Government -0.4 0.3 YES -76 65 YES Federal -1.9 0.6 YES -60 17 YES State and local 0.0 0.3 -16 62 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -6 24 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.6 -10 54 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 80 128 South -0.2 0.4 -141 213 Midwest 0.1 0.5 61 160 West -0.5 0.4 YES -184 150 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 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.