TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2018 and May 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 0.1 0.2 130 271 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 59 265 Mining and logging 0.0 1.2 2 9 Construction 1.0 0.7 YES 90 47 YES Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 39 42 Durable goods 0.3 0.3 30 27 YES Nondurable goods 0.1 0.6 8 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.8 0.4 YES -233 107 YES Wholesale trade 0.1 0.6 8 39 Retail trade -1.1 0.5 YES -198 82 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.8 0.8 -43 48 Information -0.7 0.7 -22 20 YES Financial activities -0.8 0.7 YES -71 62 YES Finance and insurance -0.9 0.8 YES -61 55 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.4 1.2 -9 27 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 73 136 Education and health services 0.2 0.4 67 90 Educational services 0.5 0.5 24 20 YES Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.4 44 85 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 70 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.1 3 26 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.7 66 94 Other services 0.6 1.0 44 62 Government 0.3 0.2 YES 71 44 YES Federal 0.0 0.4 1 10 State and local 0.4 0.2 YES 71 42 YES State and local education 0.4 0.1 YES 46 16 YES State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.4 25 36 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 71 102 South 0.1 0.3 112 164 Midwest -0.2 0.4 -54 116 West -0.1 0.4 2 124 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 9, 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.