TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and October 2018, 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 0.2 119 231 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 149 227 Mining and logging (1) -0.7 0.8 -5 6 Construction (1) 0.2 0.6 20 43 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 37 34 YES Durable goods (1) 0.3 0.3 25 25 Nondurable goods (1) 0.2 0.3 11 18 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.3 -2 84 Wholesale trade (1) 0.0 0.5 1 33 Retail trade 0.2 0.4 30 66 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.5 0.6 -33 29 YES Information (1) 1.5 0.8 YES 45 24 YES Financial activities 0.3 0.6 30 52 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.7 -8 44 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 1.6 1.0 YES 38 21 YES Professional and business services -0.1 0.6 -21 106 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 19 67 Educational services (1) 0.5 0.4 YES 20 15 YES Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.4 -1 64 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.5 -14 72 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.8 0.9 -19 19 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.5 5 68 Other services (1) 0.6 0.9 39 52 Government -0.1 0.2 -30 39 Federal (1) -0.3 0.4 -9 11 State and local -0.1 0.2 -21 34 State and local education 0.1 0.1 17 15 YES State and local, excluding education -0.4 0.3 YES -38 28 YES REGION Northeast 0.0 0.3 -14 88 South 0.0 0.3 33 144 Midwest 0.2 0.3 72 84 West 0.0 0.3 29 102 (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 10, 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.