TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and December 2018, 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 95 230 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 115 228 Mining and logging 1.2 1.0 YES 9 7 YES Construction 0.0 1.0 7 70 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -25 41 Durable goods -0.3 0.4 -23 30 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.5 -1 24 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.4 67 91 Wholesale trade -0.5 0.6 -34 36 Retail trade 0.8 0.5 YES 126 72 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.4 0.7 -26 33 Information -0.8 0.6 YES -22 18 YES Financial activities -0.1 0.5 -12 39 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.5 -6 29 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 1.1 -5 23 Professional and business services 0.3 0.6 76 105 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 51 51 Educational services 0.5 0.6 19 18 YES Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 32 47 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.7 0 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.5 1.8 -11 35 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.6 11 76 Other services -0.6 0.9 -36 51 Government -0.1 0.2 -19 33 Federal -0.3 0.2 YES -10 7 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 -10 32 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -8 18 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -2 21 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.3 -28 91 South -0.1 0.3 -58 143 Midwest 0.5 0.3 YES 166 106 YES West 0.0 0.4 14 106 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 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.