TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2020 and September 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 -0.1 0.2 -81 265 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 169 257 Mining and logging 0.4 1.4 3 10 Construction -0.2 0.9 -13 66 Manufacturing -0.3 0.3 -33 38 Durable goods -0.3 0.3 -23 27 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.5 -10 24 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.4 14 107 Wholesale trade 1.3 0.5 YES 73 31 YES Retail trade -0.7 0.6 YES -105 91 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.7 0.7 46 41 YES Information 0.2 0.7 8 20 Financial activities 0.1 0.5 6 41 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.5 5 32 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.0 0.9 1 19 Professional and business services -0.1 0.6 -19 112 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 17 67 Educational services -0.6 0.6 -23 22 YES Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 40 62 Leisure and hospitality 0.7 0.6 YES 123 95 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.2 1.6 -15 40 Accommodation and food services 1.0 0.5 YES 137 71 YES Other services 1.2 1.1 YES 64 65 Government -1.1 0.2 YES -250 36 YES Federal -8.1 0.2 YES -256 6 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 6 36 State and local education 0.0 0.2 1 21 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 5 28 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -40 102 South -0.1 0.3 -22 155 Midwest -0.4 0.4 -108 118 West 0.3 0.4 89 118 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 10, 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.