TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2021 and January 2022, 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 730 308 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES 721 304 YES Mining and logging 0.5 1.3 4 9 Construction -0.7 1.1 -47 82 Manufacturing 1.0 0.4 YES 133 55 YES Durable goods 0.9 0.5 YES 72 38 YES Nondurable goods 1.2 0.7 YES 61 32 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.5 133 133 Wholesale trade 0.3 0.6 20 36 Retail trade 0.6 0.7 107 115 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.8 5 45 Information 0.9 0.9 34 25 YES Financial activities 0.4 0.5 32 43 Finance and insurance 0.5 0.5 29 34 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.0 1.0 3 22 Professional and business services -0.1 0.8 45 159 Education and health services 0.7 0.3 YES 183 74 YES Educational services -1.0 0.6 YES -30 23 YES Health care and social assistance 1.0 0.3 YES 213 65 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 186 100 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.4 1.7 4 35 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.7 182 91 YES Other services 0.1 1.2 18 67 Government 0.1 0.2 11 41 Federal -0.1 0.2 -3 7 State and local 0.0 0.2 14 40 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -3 23 State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.3 17 24 REGION Northeast 0.4 0.4 139 105 YES South 0.5 0.3 YES 398 184 YES Midwest -0.1 0.4 -1 125 West 0.4 0.4 195 141 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 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.