TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2017 and September 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 807 233 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.4 0.2 YES 706 229 YES Mining and logging 0.5 0.9 7 7 Construction 1.2 0.6 YES 99 45 YES Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 39 36 YES Durable goods 0.3 0.3 31 28 YES Nondurable goods 0.1 0.4 8 19 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.4 0.3 YES 129 92 YES Wholesale trade 0.5 0.6 35 36 Retail trade 0.3 0.4 60 71 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.6 33 30 YES Information 0.1 0.8 2 25 Financial activities -0.5 0.6 -37 53 Finance and insurance -0.8 0.7 YES -52 45 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.6 1.1 15 25 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 41 116 Education and health services 0.6 0.3 YES 181 70 YES Educational services -0.3 0.5 -11 15 Health care and social assistance 0.8 0.4 YES 190 67 YES Leisure and hospitality 1.5 0.5 YES 290 77 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.0 -1 21 Accommodation and food services 1.8 0.6 YES 291 74 YES Other services -0.7 0.9 -43 53 Government 0.4 0.2 YES 101 38 YES Federal 0.4 0.4 11 12 State and local 0.4 0.2 YES 90 35 YES State and local education 0.4 0.2 YES 46 16 YES State and local, excluding education 0.5 0.3 YES 44 30 YES REGION Northeast 0.6 0.3 YES 195 91 YES South 0.4 0.3 YES 313 154 YES Midwest 0.0 0.3 35 85 West 0.6 0.3 YES 267 107 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 6, 2018. *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.