TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2021 and January 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 0.0 0.2 7 296 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -3 293 Mining and logging -0.5 1.2 -3 8 Construction -0.8 1.0 -63 72 Manufacturing 0.2 0.4 26 52 Durable goods 0.1 0.4 9 34 Nondurable goods 0.4 0.8 17 36 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 34 124 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 4 36 Retail trade 0.1 0.7 22 108 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.7 8 43 Information 0.5 0.9 15 26 Financial activities 0.1 0.5 10 43 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.5 16 33 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.8 -7 19 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 20 136 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 -16 74 Educational services -0.2 0.5 -6 20 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.4 -10 71 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.7 -1 106 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 1.7 -9 36 Accommodation and food services -0.1 0.7 7 93 Other services -0.5 1.2 -24 68 Government 0.0 0.2 10 39 Federal -0.2 0.2 -5 7 State and local 0.1 0.2 14 38 State and local education 0.1 0.2 15 24 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 -1 24 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -7 110 South 0.0 0.3 2 178 Midwest -0.2 0.4 -80 123 West 0.3 0.4 91 137 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 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.