TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and December 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 80 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 103 240 Mining and logging 0.3 1.3 2 10 Construction 0.6 0.9 45 65 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -9 39 Durable goods 0.0 0.3 -4 27 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.5 -4 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -18 98 Wholesale trade -0.5 0.6 -29 32 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -2 74 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.6 13 37 Information -0.2 0.8 -8 21 Financial activities -0.2 0.5 -11 42 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.6 -9 35 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 1.0 -2 21 Professional and business services 0.0 0.6 -7 105 Education and health services -0.1 0.3 -6 62 Educational services -0.1 0.6 -2 21 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 -4 58 Leisure and hospitality 0.4 0.6 66 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.8 -2 40 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.5 69 68 YES Other services 0.7 1.1 48 61 Government -0.1 0.2 -23 36 Federal -0.1 0.2 -4 6 State and local -0.1 0.2 -19 35 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -15 20 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 -3 27 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -15 92 South 0.0 0.3 29 144 Midwest -0.2 0.4 -55 118 West 0.4 0.3 YES 121 115 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 11, 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.