TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2016 and June 2017, 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 0.4 0.2 YES 671 231 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.4 0.2 YES 636 227 YES Mining and logging 1.5 0.9 YES 12 7 YES Construction 0.7 0.6 YES 54 44 YES Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 25 35 Durable goods 0.1 0.3 8 27 Nondurable goods 0.3 0.4 16 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 52 90 Wholesale trade 0.8 0.6 YES 49 36 YES Retail trade 0.1 0.4 24 68 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.4 0.6 -22 29 Information 0.0 0.8 -4 25 Financial activities 0.7 0.6 YES 71 53 YES Finance and insurance 1.1 0.7 YES 77 45 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.4 1.2 -5 25 Professional and business services 0.8 0.7 YES 203 122 YES Education and health services 0.4 0.3 YES 122 69 YES Educational services -0.3 0.5 -9 15 Health care and social assistance 0.5 0.4 YES 131 66 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.3 0.5 79 77 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.2 1.0 6 20 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.6 73 75 Other services 0.3 0.9 21 53 Government 0.2 0.2 35 38 Federal 0.3 0.4 9 12 State and local 0.1 0.2 26 35 State and local education 0.2 0.2 21 16 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 5 30 REGION Northeast 0.5 0.3 YES 150 90 YES South 0.1 0.3 121 151 Midwest 0.7 0.3 YES 264 83 YES West 0.4 0.3 YES 136 105 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 8, 2017. *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.