TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2017 and March 2017, 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 61 228 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 28 224 Mining and logging (1) -1.2 0.8 YES -8 6 YES Construction (1) -0.2 0.6 -9 43 Manufacturing 0.2 0.2 30 34 Durable goods (1) 0.3 0.3 20 24 Nondurable goods (1) 0.2 0.3 10 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 3 82 Wholesale trade (1) 0.1 0.5 9 33 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 -11 65 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 0.1 0.5 4 28 Information (1) 0.1 0.8 3 24 Financial activities -0.2 0.6 -23 51 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.7 -19 43 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) -0.2 1.0 -4 21 Professional and business services 0.6 0.6 126 106 YES Education and health services -0.3 0.3 -96 61 YES Educational services (1) -1.2 0.4 YES -43 15 YES Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.3 -53 60 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.5 -55 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 0.9 -10 18 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.5 -46 65 Other services (1) 0.9 0.9 55 50 YES Government 0.1 0.2 34 38 Federal (1) 0.0 0.4 0 11 State and local 0.2 0.2 34 33 YES State and local education 0.3 0.1 YES 27 15 YES State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.3 7 28 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -63 86 South 0.1 0.3 44 140 Midwest 0.2 0.3 64 81 West 0.0 0.3 15 103 (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, May 9, 2017. *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.