TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2019 and May 2020, 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 -0.8 0.2 YES -1979 283 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.9 0.2 YES -1924 280 YES Mining and logging -2.1 1.1 YES -18 8 YES Construction 0.2 0.8 -8 60 Manufacturing -0.9 0.4 YES -154 47 YES Durable goods -1.1 0.3 YES -113 28 YES Nondurable goods -0.6 0.6 -41 32 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.7 0.4 YES -312 123 YES Wholesale trade -1.1 0.7 YES -75 43 YES Retail trade 0.0 0.6 -90 98 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -2.0 0.9 YES -148 50 YES Information -1.4 0.7 YES -50 22 YES Financial activities -1.3 0.7 YES -124 62 YES Finance and insurance -1.1 0.8 YES -77 54 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -1.7 1.1 YES -46 25 YES Professional and business services -0.9 0.8 YES -322 153 YES Education and health services -1.2 0.4 YES -384 97 YES Educational services -1.1 0.6 YES -55 21 YES Health care and social assistance -1.1 0.4 YES -329 96 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -474 101 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2.0 1.2 YES -47 28 YES Accommodation and food services -0.7 0.7 -427 96 YES Other services -0.6 1.0 -78 62 YES Government -0.1 0.2 -55 48 YES Federal -1.2 0.4 YES -34 12 YES State and local 0.1 0.2 -21 47 State and local education 0.1 0.2 -8 19 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.4 -13 40 REGION Northeast -0.6 0.4 YES -306 110 YES South -0.6 0.3 YES -650 174 YES Midwest -1.2 0.4 YES -577 139 YES West -0.7 0.4 YES -445 133 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 2020. *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.