TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2018 and March 2019, 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 0.3 0.2 YES 531 271 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES 501 265 YES Mining and logging -0.4 1.2 -3 9 Construction 1.5 0.7 YES 126 47 YES Manufacturing 0.3 0.3 50 42 YES Durable goods 0.7 0.3 YES 68 27 YES Nondurable goods -0.4 0.6 -18 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -20 107 Wholesale trade 0.6 0.6 38 39 Retail trade -0.5 0.5 -92 82 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.8 34 48 Information 1.3 0.7 YES 39 20 YES Financial activities -0.5 0.7 -38 62 Finance and insurance -1.1 0.8 YES -72 55 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 1.3 1.2 YES 34 27 YES Professional and business services 0.9 0.7 YES 251 136 YES Education and health services 0.0 0.4 36 90 Educational services 0.1 0.5 6 20 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.4 30 85 Leisure and hospitality 0.3 0.6 70 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 1.1 19 26 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.7 51 94 Other services -0.3 1.0 -12 62 Government 0.2 0.2 30 44 Federal 0.1 0.4 3 10 State and local 0.1 0.2 27 42 State and local education 0.3 0.1 YES 40 16 YES State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.4 -12 36 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -5 102 South 0.5 0.3 YES 330 164 YES Midwest 0.1 0.4 71 116 West 0.3 0.4 135 124 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 7, 2019. *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.