TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2020 and September 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 0.0 0.2 84 308 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 104 303 Mining and logging (1) 0.4 1.0 2 7 Construction (1) -0.6 0.9 -46 65 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -13 43 Durable goods (1) 0.0 0.4 6 33 Nondurable goods (1) -0.4 0.5 -19 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -18 131 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.7 -7 43 Retail trade -0.4 0.5 -52 94 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) 0.6 0.8 41 50 Information (1) 0.1 0.7 4 22 Financial activities 0.3 0.7 32 62 Finance and insurance 0.4 0.8 30 53 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 0.2 1.0 4 24 Professional and business services 0.4 0.7 81 136 Education and health services 0.1 0.4 38 99 Educational services (1) 0.0 0.5 0 20 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.4 38 97 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 20 109 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.1 2 29 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.7 18 100 Other services 0.0 1.0 4 64 Government -0.1 0.2 -21 50 Federal (1) -0.5 0.4 YES -20 12 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 -1 48 State and local education 0.1 0.2 5 22 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.4 -6 43 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 36 117 South 0.0 0.3 20 184 Midwest 0.0 0.4 12 146 West 0.0 0.4 16 137 (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, November 10, 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.