TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2020 and December 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 2.2 0.2 YES 3914 326 YES INDUSTRY Total private 2.2 0.2 YES 3521 313 YES Mining and logging 3.7 1.2 YES 28 9 YES Construction 0.7 0.9 62 70 Manufacturing 2.0 0.4 YES 293 51 YES Durable goods 1.7 0.4 YES 147 32 YES Nondurable goods 2.6 0.7 YES 146 35 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 1.8 0.5 YES 590 139 YES Wholesale trade 1.5 0.7 YES 92 44 YES Retail trade 1.0 0.7 YES 199 113 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 3.7 0.9 YES 299 55 YES Information 3.2 0.9 YES 109 27 YES Financial activities 1.4 0.7 YES 139 63 YES Finance and insurance 1.1 0.8 YES 77 53 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 2.3 1.1 YES 62 25 YES Professional and business services 1.3 0.8 YES 387 162 YES Education and health services 2.8 0.4 YES 773 101 YES Educational services 2.6 0.6 YES 114 21 YES Health care and social assistance 2.8 0.4 YES 659 98 YES Leisure and hospitality 4.6 0.6 YES 922 102 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 4.2 1.2 YES 107 28 YES Accommodation and food services 4.7 0.7 YES 814 96 YES Other services 3.2 1.0 YES 219 60 YES Government 1.6 0.2 YES 394 57 YES Federal 2.5 0.5 YES 79 14 YES State and local 1.5 0.3 YES 315 56 YES State and local education 1.2 0.2 YES 140 21 YES State and local, excluding education 1.8 0.5 YES 176 48 YES REGION Northeast 2.5 0.4 YES 796 125 YES South 2.0 0.3 YES 1310 191 YES Midwest 2.2 0.4 YES 850 152 YES West 2.3 0.4 YES 958 143 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2022. *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.