TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2021 and July 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 0.4 0.2 YES 749 323 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.4 0.2 YES 655 312 YES Mining and logging 1.5 1.0 YES 11 7 YES Construction -0.2 0.9 -17 70 Manufacturing 0.0 0.4 9 50 Durable goods -0.2 0.4 -13 35 Nondurable goods 0.4 0.6 22 30 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -93 138 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.7 -14 44 Retail trade -0.5 0.6 -95 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.8 16 51 Information 0.4 0.8 13 23 Financial activities 2.0 0.7 YES 202 64 YES Finance and insurance 1.6 0.8 YES 116 56 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 3.3 1.1 YES 86 25 YES Professional and business services 0.5 0.7 114 149 Education and health services 1.0 0.4 YES 281 102 YES Educational services -0.4 0.5 -13 19 Health care and social assistance 1.2 0.4 YES 294 100 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.6 134 99 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 1.2 19 28 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.6 115 94 YES Other services 0.0 1.0 2 63 Government 0.4 0.2 YES 94 57 YES Federal -0.1 0.5 -3 15 State and local 0.5 0.3 YES 96 55 YES State and local education 0.0 0.2 14 23 State and local, excluding education 0.9 0.5 YES 83 50 YES REGION Northeast 0.8 0.4 YES 280 121 YES South 0.3 0.3 226 192 YES Midwest 0.1 0.4 73 146 West 0.4 0.4 172 140 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 8, 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.