TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2017 and November 2018, 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 869 233 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.5 0.2 YES 748 229 YES Mining and logging 0.7 0.9 7 7 Construction 0.5 0.6 53 45 YES Manufacturing 0.7 0.3 YES 102 36 YES Durable goods 0.8 0.3 YES 76 28 YES Nondurable goods 0.5 0.4 YES 26 19 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 79 92 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.6 9 36 Retail trade -0.3 0.4 -62 71 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 2.0 0.6 YES 132 30 YES Information 1.6 0.8 YES 45 25 YES Financial activities 0.3 0.6 34 53 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.7 21 45 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.4 1.1 13 25 Professional and business services 0.6 0.7 148 116 YES Education and health services 0.5 0.3 YES 153 70 YES Educational services 0.3 0.5 12 15 Health care and social assistance 0.5 0.4 YES 141 67 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.6 0.5 YES 130 77 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.5 1.0 12 21 Accommodation and food services 0.7 0.6 YES 118 74 YES Other services -0.1 0.9 -4 53 Government 0.5 0.2 YES 122 38 YES Federal 0.6 0.4 YES 18 12 YES State and local 0.5 0.2 YES 104 35 YES State and local education 0.6 0.2 YES 62 16 YES State and local, excluding education 0.5 0.3 YES 41 30 YES REGION Northeast 0.6 0.3 YES 177 91 YES South 0.6 0.3 YES 430 154 YES Midwest 0.5 0.3 YES 218 85 YES West 0.0 0.3 46 107 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 8, 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.