TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2019 and January 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 0.0 0.2 -12 264 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 11 261 Mining and logging -1.8 1.5 YES -14 11 YES Construction -0.4 1.1 -18 74 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -28 39 Durable goods -0.1 0.4 -7 30 Nondurable goods -0.5 0.5 -20 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 48 101 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.5 -4 29 Retail trade 0.3 0.5 49 81 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.8 4 43 Information -0.3 0.8 -8 21 Financial activities 0.2 0.5 23 39 Finance and insurance 0.5 0.5 35 30 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 0.9 -11 20 Professional and business services 0.1 0.7 29 125 Education and health services -0.1 0.3 3 68 Educational services -0.2 0.6 -2 23 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 5 62 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -27 95 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.9 -3 44 Accommodation and food services -0.3 0.6 -24 73 Other services -0.1 1.2 2 66 Government -0.1 0.2 -23 41 Federal 0.5 0.2 YES 14 7 YES State and local -0.2 0.2 -37 38 State and local education -0.3 0.2 YES -25 22 YES State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.3 -12 23 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 77 97 South -0.3 0.3 -91 163 Midwest -0.4 0.4 -92 120 West 0.2 0.4 93 116 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 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.