TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2021 and May 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 0.0 0.2 16 323 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 42 312 Mining and logging 0.1 1.0 0 7 Construction -0.6 0.9 -52 70 Manufacturing -0.1 0.4 -11 50 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 -4 35 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.6 -7 30 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -6 138 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.7 -5 44 Retail trade 0.1 0.6 19 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.8 -19 51 Information 0.6 0.8 18 23 Financial activities -0.4 0.7 -44 64 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.8 -21 56 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.9 1.1 -23 25 Professional and business services -0.4 0.7 -100 149 Education and health services 0.4 0.4 117 102 YES Educational services 0.9 0.5 YES 35 19 YES Health care and social assistance 0.4 0.4 81 100 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.6 10 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -3.7 1.2 YES -80 28 YES Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.6 89 94 Other services 1.7 1.0 YES 109 63 YES Government -0.1 0.2 -26 57 Federal -0.5 0.5 -17 15 YES State and local 0.0 0.3 -9 55 State and local education 0.4 0.2 YES 46 23 YES State and local, excluding education -0.6 0.5 YES -56 50 YES REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 16 121 South 0.0 0.3 34 192 Midwest -0.2 0.4 -80 146 West 0.1 0.4 46 140 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 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.