TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2019 and October 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 -0.1 0.2 -596 283 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -543 280 YES Mining and logging 0.5 1.1 -1 8 Construction -1.0 0.8 YES -95 60 YES Manufacturing 1.1 0.4 YES 122 47 YES Durable goods 0.6 0.3 YES 32 28 YES Nondurable goods 1.9 0.6 YES 90 32 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -1.0 0.4 YES -368 123 YES Wholesale trade -1.3 0.7 YES -92 43 YES Retail trade -1.0 0.6 YES -207 98 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.9 0.9 -70 50 YES Information -0.1 0.7 -13 22 Financial activities -1.3 0.7 YES -130 62 YES Finance and insurance -1.6 0.8 YES -109 54 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 1.1 -20 25 Professional and business services 0.6 0.8 56 153 Education and health services 0.5 0.4 YES 70 97 Educational services 0.2 0.6 -6 21 Health care and social assistance 0.5 0.4 YES 76 96 Leisure and hospitality 0.1 0.6 -180 101 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.2 -43 28 YES Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.7 -136 96 YES Other services 0.3 1.0 -3 62 Government -0.1 0.2 -53 48 YES Federal -0.9 0.4 YES -23 12 YES State and local 0.1 0.2 -30 47 State and local education 0.2 0.2 3 19 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.4 -32 40 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 -40 110 South 0.0 0.3 -166 174 Midwest -0.5 0.4 YES -260 139 YES West -0.1 0.4 -129 133 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.