TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2018 and April 2019, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total nonfarm 0.0 0.2 247 271 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 139 265 Mining and logging -0.7 1.2 -4 9 Construction 1.7 0.7 YES 146 47 YES Manufacturing 0.3 0.3 50 42 YES Durable goods 0.3 0.3 34 27 YES Nondurable goods 0.2 0.6 17 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.5 0.4 YES -148 107 YES Wholesale trade 1.0 0.6 YES 68 39 YES Retail trade -1.4 0.5 YES -240 82 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.8 25 48 Information -2.1 0.7 YES -67 20 YES Financial activities 0.3 0.7 32 62 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.8 1 55 Real estate and rental and leasing 1.0 1.2 30 27 YES Professional and business services -0.2 0.7 -1 136 Education and health services 0.3 0.4 129 90 YES Educational services 0.5 0.5 21 20 YES Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.4 108 85 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.6 12 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 1.1 -3 26 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.7 16 94 Other services -0.2 1.0 -10 62 Government 0.4 0.2 YES 108 44 YES Federal 1.8 0.4 YES 56 10 YES State and local 0.3 0.2 YES 52 42 YES State and local education 0.3 0.1 YES 32 16 YES State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.4 20 36 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.4 -35 102 South 0.2 0.3 193 164 YES Midwest 0.1 0.4 63 116 West 0.0 0.4 26 124 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 10, 2019. *NOTE: Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-year change.