TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2017 and July 2018, 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 0.2 209 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 198 238 Mining and logging 0.4 1.1 6 8 Construction 0.1 1.1 31 75 Manufacturing 0.4 0.3 YES 63 43 YES Durable goods 0.6 0.4 YES 49 31 YES Nondurable goods 0.3 0.5 14 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.4 0.4 112 98 YES Wholesale trade -0.2 0.6 -6 35 Retail trade 0.6 0.5 YES 108 78 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.7 9 34 Information 0.0 0.7 -3 19 Financial activities 0.0 0.5 4 40 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.5 -11 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.5 1.1 15 23 Professional and business services -0.4 0.7 -48 115 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 22 53 Educational services 0.0 0.6 0 17 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 22 49 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.7 51 91 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 1.9 -40 37 YES Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.6 91 75 YES Other services -0.8 1.0 -43 53 Government 0.0 0.1 12 32 Federal 0.3 0.3 9 7 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 2 31 State and local education 0.1 0.2 6 19 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -2 21 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 64 94 South 0.3 0.3 193 144 YES Midwest 0.0 0.4 6 112 West -0.2 0.4 -53 109 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 11, 2018. *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.