TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2019 and March 2019, 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 0.2 0.2 346 281 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 363 276 YES Mining and logging (1) -0.5 1.0 -4 8 Construction (1) 0.9 0.8 YES 73 58 YES Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -4 42 Durable goods (1) 0.2 0.4 13 31 Nondurable goods (1) -0.3 0.5 -17 24 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.4 92 108 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.7 6 42 Retail trade 0.0 0.5 -1 81 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 1.3 0.8 YES 87 46 YES Information (1) 1.2 0.7 YES 36 22 YES Financial activities 0.4 0.7 34 63 Finance and insurance -0.4 0.8 -21 52 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 2.2 1.1 YES 57 24 YES Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 11 132 Education and health services 0.3 0.4 84 97 Educational services (1) 0.2 0.5 9 19 Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.5 75 94 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 35 101 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.0 5 25 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.6 30 94 Other services 0.0 1.0 3 60 Government 0.0 0.2 -17 46 Federal (1) -0.6 0.3 YES -15 10 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 -2 44 State and local education 0.1 0.2 7 18 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -8 33 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 40 109 South 0.2 0.3 110 171 Midwest 0.3 0.4 94 119 West 0.3 0.4 102 130 (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 7, 2019. *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.