TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2021 and July 2022, 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 0.1 0.2 482 376 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.3 363 365 Mining and logging -0.5 1.2 1 8 Construction 0.1 1.0 29 78 Manufacturing -1.0 0.4 YES -114 57 YES Durable goods -0.8 0.5 YES -51 38 YES Nondurable goods -1.4 0.7 YES -62 37 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.6 0.5 YES -98 152 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.7 8 44 Retail trade -0.8 0.7 YES -132 124 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.9 25 61 Information 0.7 0.9 36 29 YES Financial activities 1.2 0.7 YES 136 70 YES Finance and insurance 2.0 0.9 YES 157 61 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -1.0 1.1 -22 26 Professional and business services 0.1 1.0 149 218 Education and health services 0.7 0.4 YES 296 112 YES Educational services 0.3 0.6 23 22 YES Health care and social assistance 0.9 0.5 YES 272 109 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.1 0.6 YES -76 101 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.6 1.1 YES -19 28 Accommodation and food services -1.0 0.7 YES -57 95 Other services -0.2 1.1 4 69 Government 0.5 0.3 YES 120 64 YES Federal 1.2 0.5 YES 38 15 YES State and local 0.4 0.3 YES 81 62 YES State and local education 0.2 0.2 28 23 YES State and local, excluding education 0.5 0.6 54 56 REGION Northeast -0.7 0.5 YES -156 138 YES South 0.2 0.4 309 213 YES Midwest 0.1 0.5 123 161 West 0.2 0.4 207 167 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 30, 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.