TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and August 2019, 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 -199 241 INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.2 -219 240 Mining and logging -0.3 1.3 -2 10 Construction 0.6 0.9 44 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -9 39 Durable goods -0.1 0.3 -1 27 Nondurable goods -0.2 0.5 -8 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.4 -57 98 Wholesale trade -0.3 0.6 -21 32 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -23 74 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.6 -13 37 Information 0.1 0.8 3 21 Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -22 42 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.6 -17 35 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 1.0 -5 21 Professional and business services -0.4 0.6 -83 105 Education and health services -0.3 0.3 -73 62 YES Educational services -0.5 0.6 -21 21 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -52 58 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.6 -5 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.8 1 40 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.5 -6 68 Other services -0.2 1.1 -14 61 Government 0.1 0.2 20 36 Federal 1.2 0.2 YES 35 6 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 -16 35 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -9 20 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -7 27 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.4 -40 92 South -0.3 0.3 -145 144 YES Midwest -0.1 0.4 -27 118 West 0.0 0.3 13 115 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 9, 2019. *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.