TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2020 and August 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 16 265 INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.2 -220 257 Mining and logging -0.7 1.4 -4 10 Construction 0.0 0.9 2 66 Manufacturing 0.4 0.3 YES 51 38 YES Durable goods 0.6 0.3 YES 41 27 YES Nondurable goods 0.2 0.5 11 24 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.4 21 107 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.5 13 31 Retail trade 0.1 0.6 37 91 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.6 0.7 -30 41 Information 0.4 0.7 10 20 Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -27 41 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.5 -1 32 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.3 0.9 YES -28 19 YES Professional and business services -0.2 0.6 -23 112 Education and health services -0.3 0.3 -78 67 YES Educational services -0.2 0.6 -5 22 Health care and social assistance -0.4 0.3 YES -73 62 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.8 0.6 YES -213 95 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -2.5 1.6 YES -37 40 Accommodation and food services -1.7 0.5 YES -177 71 YES Other services 0.8 1.1 43 65 Government 1.1 0.2 YES 235 36 YES Federal 7.6 0.2 YES 246 6 YES State and local -0.1 0.2 -11 36 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -12 21 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 1 28 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -23 102 South 0.2 0.3 83 155 Midwest 0.0 0.4 -2 118 West -0.1 0.4 -43 118 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 6, 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.