TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2017 and October 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 -181 228 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -188 224 Mining and logging (1) 0.1 0.8 1 6 Construction (1) 0.7 0.6 YES 48 43 YES Manufacturing -0.3 0.2 YES -33 34 Durable goods (1) -0.1 0.3 -7 24 Nondurable goods (1) -0.6 0.3 YES -26 18 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.4 0.3 YES -137 82 YES Wholesale trade (1) -1.5 0.5 YES -90 33 YES Retail trade -0.2 0.4 -36 65 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.2 0.5 -12 28 Information (1) -1.1 0.8 YES -32 24 YES Financial activities 0.0 0.6 -7 51 Finance and insurance -0.7 0.7 -47 43 YES Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 1.6 1.0 YES 40 21 YES Professional and business services -0.4 0.6 -88 106 Education and health services -0.1 0.3 -7 61 Educational services (1) 0.0 0.4 4 15 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 -11 60 Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.5 82 71 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.5 0.9 -12 18 Accommodation and food services 0.6 0.5 YES 94 65 YES Other services (1) -0.2 0.9 -13 50 Government 0.0 0.2 8 38 Federal (1) 0.4 0.4 11 11 State and local -0.1 0.2 -5 33 State and local education 0.0 0.1 -8 15 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 3 28 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.3 -83 86 South -0.1 0.3 -78 140 Midwest -0.2 0.3 -45 81 West 0.0 0.3 26 103 (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, December 11, 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.