TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 2023, 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 -0.5 0.3 YES -793 409 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.7 0.3 YES -821 402 YES Mining and logging 1.2 1.2 9 8 YES Construction -0.1 1.0 -2 79 Manufacturing -1.6 0.5 YES -225 63 YES Durable goods -1.6 0.5 YES -144 45 YES Nondurable goods -1.5 0.8 YES -82 40 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -1.1 0.5 YES -340 174 YES Wholesale trade -1.9 0.8 YES -120 48 YES Retail trade -1.1 0.8 YES -184 140 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.4 1.1 -36 76 Information 0.3 1.2 11 36 Financial activities 0.5 0.7 53 72 Finance and insurance 1.0 0.9 YES 79 61 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -1.1 1.2 -27 29 Professional and business services 0.0 1.0 21 198 Education and health services -0.9 0.5 YES -174 133 YES Educational services -0.1 0.6 2 23 Health care and social assistance -1.0 0.6 YES -176 131 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.8 0.7 YES -290 110 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.7 1.2 YES -40 30 YES Accommodation and food services -1.8 0.7 YES -251 105 YES Other services 1.6 1.1 YES 116 70 YES Government 0.1 0.3 28 76 Federal 1.5 0.6 YES 54 19 YES State and local -0.1 0.4 -25 73 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -16 26 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.6 -9 63 REGION Northeast -0.5 0.5 -139 146 South -0.6 0.4 YES -311 246 YES Midwest -0.5 0.5 -118 174 West -0.7 0.5 YES -225 191 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023. *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.