TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2015 and January 2016, 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 -10 242 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -4 238 Mining and logging 0.6 1.0 -1 7 Construction -1.3 1.1 YES -65 69 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 23 44 Durable goods 0.3 0.4 17 32 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.6 6 28 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.4 -48 97 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 2 36 Retail trade -0.3 0.5 -29 77 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.4 0.7 -22 34 Information 0.2 0.7 7 18 Financial activities 0.2 0.5 23 41 Finance and insurance 0.4 0.5 30 29 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.4 1.1 -8 24 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 74 115 Education and health services -0.2 0.3 -35 50 Educational services -0.6 0.6 -19 17 YES Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -17 46 Leisure and hospitality 0.1 0.7 40 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.9 4 37 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.6 36 74 Other services -0.4 1.0 -21 53 Government 0.0 0.1 -7 32 Federal 0.0 0.3 0 7 State and local 0.0 0.2 -7 31 State and local education 0.1 0.2 10 19 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.2 -16 21 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 56 93 South -0.5 0.3 YES -190 143 YES Midwest 0.2 0.4 83 109 West 0.1 0.4 40 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 2016. *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.