TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2016 and January 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 0.2 0.2 314 241 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 339 238 YES Mining and logging 1.1 1.1 5 8 Construction 1.1 1.1 77 74 YES Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 15 43 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 0 31 Nondurable goods 0.3 0.6 15 28 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -17 98 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 0 36 Retail trade -0.4 0.5 -52 77 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.6 0.7 34 34 Information 0.1 0.7 2 19 Financial activities 0.3 0.5 28 41 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.5 24 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 1.1 4 23 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 26 111 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 65 50 YES Educational services -0.2 0.6 -7 17 Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.3 72 46 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.4 0.7 82 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.9 0 37 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.6 82 74 YES Other services 1.0 1.0 58 53 YES Government -0.1 0.1 -25 32 Federal 0.2 0.3 4 7 State and local -0.2 0.2 -29 31 State and local education -0.3 0.2 YES -29 19 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 0 21 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 98 94 YES South 0.4 0.3 YES 228 141 YES Midwest -0.2 0.4 -48 109 West 0.0 0.4 37 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 16, 2017. *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.