TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2021 and November 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 -0.4 0.2 YES -529 323 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.4 0.2 YES -572 312 YES Mining and logging 0.1 1.0 0 7 Construction -1.3 0.9 YES -110 70 YES Manufacturing -0.7 0.4 YES -97 50 YES Durable goods -0.3 0.4 -30 35 Nondurable goods -1.2 0.6 YES -66 30 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -17 138 Wholesale trade -0.3 0.7 -17 44 Retail trade -0.1 0.6 -13 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.8 13 51 Information -0.3 0.8 -10 23 Financial activities 0.9 0.7 YES 88 64 YES Finance and insurance 1.1 0.8 YES 83 56 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 1.1 5 25 Professional and business services -0.3 0.7 -70 149 Education and health services -0.2 0.4 -73 102 Educational services -0.2 0.5 -6 19 Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.4 -67 100 Leisure and hospitality -1.4 0.6 YES -268 99 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.2 1.2 -6 28 Accommodation and food services -1.6 0.6 YES -261 94 YES Other services -0.3 1.0 -18 63 Government 0.2 0.2 44 57 Federal 0.7 0.5 YES 25 15 YES State and local 0.1 0.3 19 55 State and local education 0.2 0.2 17 23 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.5 3 50 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 53 121 South -0.4 0.3 YES -248 192 YES Midwest -0.7 0.4 YES -246 146 YES West -0.3 0.4 -88 140 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 2022. *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.