TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and December 2017, 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 0.2 187 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 164 238 Mining and logging 0.7 1.1 6 8 Construction -0.7 1.1 -38 74 Manufacturing 0.3 0.3 36 43 Durable goods 0.3 0.4 24 31 Nondurable goods 0.3 0.6 12 28 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 37 98 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.6 9 36 Retail trade 0.0 0.5 7 77 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.7 20 34 Information 0.4 0.7 10 19 Financial activities -0.1 0.5 -2 41 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.5 0 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.0 1.1 0 23 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 64 111 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 12 50 Educational services 0.4 0.6 15 17 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 -3 46 Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.7 12 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.5 1.9 -9 37 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.6 21 74 Other services 0.4 1.0 25 53 Government 0.1 0.1 23 32 Federal -0.3 0.3 -9 7 YES State and local 0.2 0.2 32 31 YES State and local education 0.2 0.2 19 19 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 13 21 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.4 -76 94 South 0.3 0.3 184 141 YES Midwest 0.1 0.4 39 109 West 0.1 0.4 39 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 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.