TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2016 and November 2016, 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 71 224 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 21 221 Mining and logging (1) 0.4 0.8 3 6 Construction (1) -0.1 0.6 -9 42 Manufacturing 0.1 0.2 4 32 Durable goods (1) -0.1 0.3 -12 23 Nondurable goods (1) 0.3 0.3 16 17 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 -3 81 Wholesale trade (1) 0.0 0.5 2 31 Retail trade 0.0 0.4 0 65 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.1 0.5 -4 28 Information (1) 0.0 0.8 0 24 Financial activities 0.0 0.6 1 51 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.7 11 43 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) -0.4 1.0 -10 21 Professional and business services 0.0 0.6 4 105 Education and health services -0.1 0.3 -39 60 Educational services (1) -0.1 0.4 -3 14 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -36 59 Leisure and hospitality 0.3 0.5 55 70 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.0 0.9 0 18 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.5 54 64 Other services (1) 0.1 0.9 7 49 Government 0.2 0.2 48 37 YES Federal (1) 0.0 0.4 -1 11 State and local 0.3 0.2 YES 49 32 YES State and local education 0.1 0.1 17 15 YES State and local, excluding education 0.3 0.3 32 26 YES REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -29 84 South 0.2 0.3 88 137 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -35 80 West 0.2 0.3 47 101 (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, January 10, 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.