TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2020 and October 2020, 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 0.2 158 308 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 155 303 Mining and logging (1) 0.8 1.0 5 7 Construction (1) 0.0 0.9 7 65 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 33 43 Durable goods (1) 0.3 0.4 23 33 Nondurable goods (1) 0.2 0.5 10 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -40 131 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.7 -2 43 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -4 94 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.6 0.8 -34 50 Information (1) 0.3 0.7 8 22 Financial activities -0.1 0.7 -8 62 Finance and insurance -0.5 0.8 -29 53 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 0.9 1.0 22 24 Professional and business services -0.1 0.7 -16 136 Education and health services 0.5 0.4 YES 143 99 YES Educational services (1) 0.6 0.5 YES 19 20 Health care and social assistance 0.6 0.4 YES 122 97 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 19 109 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.1 6 29 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.7 14 100 Other services 0.0 1.0 4 64 Government 0.1 0.2 3 50 Federal (1) 0.4 0.4 6 12 State and local 0.0 0.2 -3 48 State and local education 0.3 0.2 YES 23 22 YES State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.4 -25 43 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 85 117 South 0.1 0.3 21 184 Midwest 0.0 0.4 7 146 West 0.1 0.4 45 137 (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 9, 2020. *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.