TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2021 and May 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 0.7 0.2 YES 1604 376 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.7 0.3 YES 1498 365 YES Mining and logging 0.9 1.2 8 8 Construction 1.4 1.0 YES 130 78 YES Manufacturing -0.8 0.4 YES -88 57 YES Durable goods -0.4 0.5 -14 38 Nondurable goods -1.6 0.7 YES -74 37 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.8 0.5 YES 337 152 YES Wholesale trade 1.0 0.7 YES 75 44 YES Retail trade 0.8 0.7 YES 170 124 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.7 0.9 92 61 YES Information 2.6 0.9 YES 94 29 YES Financial activities 1.1 0.7 YES 109 70 YES Finance and insurance 0.8 0.9 60 61 Real estate and rental and leasing 1.7 1.1 YES 49 26 YES Professional and business services 0.8 1.0 311 218 YES Education and health services 1.3 0.4 YES 429 112 YES Educational services 0.2 0.6 19 22 Health care and social assistance 1.6 0.5 YES 410 109 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 195 101 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 1.1 YES -7 28 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.7 201 95 YES Other services -0.8 1.1 -28 69 Government 0.4 0.3 YES 106 64 YES Federal -0.1 0.5 -2 15 State and local 0.5 0.3 YES 108 62 YES State and local education 0.2 0.2 35 23 YES State and local, excluding education 0.7 0.6 YES 73 56 YES REGION Northeast 0.4 0.5 210 138 YES South 0.7 0.4 YES 597 213 YES Midwest 0.7 0.5 YES 346 161 YES West 0.9 0.4 YES 452 167 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 6, 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.