TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and October 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 0.0 0.2 -97 224 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -90 221 Mining and logging (1) -1.0 0.8 YES -8 6 YES Construction (1) -0.2 0.6 -16 42 Manufacturing 0.0 0.2 -6 32 Durable goods (1) -0.2 0.3 -16 23 Nondurable goods (1) 0.2 0.3 10 17 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.3 28 81 Wholesale trade (1) 0.0 0.5 5 31 Retail trade 0.1 0.4 14 65 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 0.2 0.5 9 28 Information (1) -0.4 0.8 -10 24 Financial activities -0.1 0.6 -7 51 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.7 -11 43 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 0.2 1.0 5 21 Professional and business services -0.9 0.6 YES -187 105 YES Education and health services 0.5 0.3 YES 133 60 YES Educational services (1) -0.2 0.4 -6 14 Health care and social assistance 0.6 0.3 YES 139 59 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -10 70 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 0.9 3 18 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -11 64 Other services (1) -0.1 0.9 -9 49 Government 0.0 0.2 -7 37 Federal (1) -0.5 0.4 YES -13 11 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 5 32 State and local education 0.1 0.1 5 15 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 0 26 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.3 -73 84 South 0.0 0.3 -28 137 Midwest 0.1 0.3 47 80 West -0.1 0.3 -43 101 (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, December 7, 2016. *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.