TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2017 and November 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 -0.1 0.2 -46 228 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -48 224 Mining and logging (1) -0.6 0.8 -5 6 Construction (1) 0.2 0.6 15 43 Manufacturing -0.3 0.2 YES -31 34 Durable goods (1) -0.2 0.3 -16 24 Nondurable goods (1) -0.3 0.3 -15 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 61 82 Wholesale trade (1) 0.5 0.5 32 33 Retail trade 0.5 0.4 YES 88 65 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -1.0 0.5 YES -60 28 YES Information (1) 0.2 0.8 4 24 Financial activities 0.0 0.6 0 51 Finance and insurance 0.6 0.7 39 43 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) -1.6 1.0 YES -39 21 YES Professional and business services -0.1 0.6 -28 106 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 -7 61 Educational services (1) 0.0 0.4 0 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 -9 60 Leisure and hospitality 0.1 0.5 6 71 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 0.9 -12 18 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.5 18 65 Other services (1) -1.0 0.9 YES -64 50 YES Government 0.0 0.2 2 38 Federal (1) -0.2 0.4 -7 11 State and local 0.1 0.2 9 33 State and local education 0.0 0.1 2 15 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 7 28 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 19 86 South 0.1 0.3 33 140 Midwest -0.2 0.3 -55 81 West -0.1 0.3 -43 103 (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, January 9, 2018. *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.