TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2019 and August 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 0.3 0.2 YES 7 264 INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 -121 261 Mining and logging -0.2 1.5 -5 11 Construction 0.0 1.1 -18 74 Manufacturing 0.7 0.3 YES 65 39 YES Durable goods 0.5 0.4 YES 30 30 Nondurable goods 0.9 0.5 YES 35 23 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.5 0.4 YES 77 101 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.5 -16 29 Retail trade 0.8 0.5 YES 88 81 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.8 5 43 Information -0.2 0.8 -15 21 Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -30 39 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.5 -10 30 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.9 -20 20 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 -28 125 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 -1 68 Educational services 0.4 0.6 2 23 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 -2 62 Leisure and hospitality 0.8 0.6 YES -173 95 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.7 1.9 -33 44 Accommodation and food services 0.8 0.6 YES -139 73 YES Other services 0.4 1.2 5 66 Government 0.7 0.2 YES 127 41 YES Federal 7.6 0.2 YES 251 7 YES State and local -0.5 0.2 YES -122 38 YES State and local education -0.8 0.2 YES -105 22 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -17 23 REGION Northeast 0.6 0.4 YES 97 97 South 0.3 0.3 -48 163 Midwest 0.4 0.4 28 120 West 0.1 0.4 -71 116 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 6, 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.