TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2020 and April 2021, 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 2.7 0.2 YES 4819 326 YES INDUSTRY Total private 2.9 0.2 YES 4517 313 YES Mining and logging 2.0 1.2 YES 14 9 YES Construction 1.4 0.9 YES 151 70 YES Manufacturing 4.2 0.4 YES 579 51 YES Durable goods 3.7 0.4 YES 322 32 YES Nondurable goods 4.8 0.7 YES 257 35 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 2.6 0.5 YES 878 139 YES Wholesale trade 2.6 0.7 YES 168 44 YES Retail trade 3.0 0.7 YES 559 113 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.9 0.9 YES 151 55 YES Information -0.7 0.9 -16 27 Financial activities 1.9 0.7 YES 187 63 YES Finance and insurance 1.7 0.8 YES 126 53 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 2.3 1.1 YES 62 25 YES Professional and business services 2.7 0.8 YES 697 162 YES Education and health services 1.7 0.4 YES 522 101 YES Educational services 0.7 0.6 YES 33 21 YES Health care and social assistance 1.8 0.4 YES 488 98 YES Leisure and hospitality 5.4 0.6 YES 1246 102 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 6.5 1.2 YES 209 28 YES Accommodation and food services 5.3 0.7 YES 1037 96 YES Other services 3.6 1.0 YES 261 60 YES Government 1.3 0.2 YES 302 57 YES Federal 1.4 0.5 YES 44 14 YES State and local 1.3 0.3 YES 258 56 YES State and local education 1.1 0.2 YES 119 21 YES State and local, excluding education 1.5 0.5 YES 139 48 YES REGION Northeast 2.7 0.4 YES 883 125 YES South 2.8 0.3 YES 1831 191 YES Midwest 2.8 0.4 YES 1092 152 YES West 2.3 0.4 YES 1013 143 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 8, 2021. *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.