TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and September 2021, 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 -191 323 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -194 312 Mining and logging -0.4 1.0 -2 7 Construction -0.3 0.9 -25 70 Manufacturing 0.2 0.4 28 50 Durable goods 0.4 0.4 35 35 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.6 -7 30 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.5 -4 138 Wholesale trade 0.8 0.7 YES 51 44 YES Retail trade -0.4 0.6 -75 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.8 19 51 Information 1.5 0.8 YES 51 23 YES Financial activities -0.6 0.7 -53 64 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.8 13 56 Real estate and rental and leasing -2.5 1.1 YES -65 25 YES Professional and business services -0.4 0.7 -83 149 Education and health services 0.4 0.4 96 102 Educational services -1.1 0.5 YES -45 19 YES Health care and social assistance 0.6 0.4 YES 141 100 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.5 0.6 -97 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.8 1.2 -15 28 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.6 -81 94 Other services -1.5 1.0 YES -104 63 YES Government 0.0 0.2 3 57 Federal 0.1 0.5 4 15 State and local 0.0 0.3 0 55 State and local education -1.0 0.2 YES -114 23 YES State and local, excluding education 1.1 0.5 YES 114 50 YES REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 17 121 South -0.3 0.3 -171 192 Midwest 0.0 0.4 27 146 West -0.2 0.4 -64 140 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 2021. *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.