TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2022 and February 2022, 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 0.2 263 296 INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 248 293 Mining and logging 0.7 1.2 4 8 Construction 0.9 1.0 75 72 YES Manufacturing 0.1 0.4 15 52 Durable goods 0.2 0.4 19 34 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.8 -3 36 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.4 0.4 120 124 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 1 36 Retail trade 0.7 0.7 105 108 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.7 14 43 Information -1.0 0.9 YES -29 26 YES Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -22 43 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.5 -19 33 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.2 0.8 -3 19 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 50 136 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 51 74 Educational services 0.1 0.5 7 20 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.4 44 71 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.7 -40 106 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 1.7 -6 36 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.7 -34 93 Other services 0.4 1.2 23 68 Government 0.1 0.2 15 39 Federal 0.0 0.2 0 7 State and local 0.1 0.2 15 38 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -9 24 State and local, excluding education 0.3 0.3 24 24 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 53 110 South 0.3 0.3 171 178 Midwest -0.2 0.4 -36 123 West 0.2 0.4 75 137 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 29, 2022. *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.