TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2020 and December 2021, 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 633 286 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES 598 281 YES Mining and logging -0.4 1.5 -1 10 Construction -0.4 1.1 -25 80 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 25 45 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 8 33 Nondurable goods 0.3 0.6 17 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.4 90 115 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -6 31 Retail trade 0.2 0.6 31 100 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.8 0.8 64 44 YES Information 0.7 0.8 21 24 Financial activities 0.1 0.5 5 43 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.5 4 33 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 1.0 1 22 Professional and business services -0.2 0.7 -11 132 Education and health services 0.3 0.3 96 75 YES Educational services 0.7 0.6 YES 29 23 YES Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.3 67 68 Leisure and hospitality 1.5 0.6 YES 332 95 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.4 1.7 43 37 YES Accommodation and food services 1.5 0.6 YES 290 78 YES Other services 1.0 1.2 66 64 YES Government 0.2 0.2 35 42 Federal 0.1 0.2 4 7 State and local 0.2 0.2 31 42 State and local education 0.2 0.2 21 24 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.3 10 26 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 102 103 South 0.4 0.3 YES 280 172 YES Midwest 0.3 0.4 136 125 YES West 0.2 0.4 115 125 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2022. *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.