TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and July 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 0.3 0.2 YES -208 264 INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES -169 261 Mining and logging 0.0 1.5 -3 11 Construction 0.3 1.1 3 74 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 -16 39 Durable goods -0.2 0.4 -34 30 YES Nondurable goods 0.6 0.5 YES 18 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 -37 101 Wholesale trade -0.8 0.5 YES -55 29 YES Retail trade 0.6 0.5 YES 34 81 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.8 -16 43 Information -1.0 0.8 YES -37 21 YES Financial activities -0.1 0.5 -14 39 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.5 -10 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 0.9 -3 20 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 -57 125 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 -11 68 Educational services 0.0 0.6 -12 23 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 1 62 Leisure and hospitality 2.8 0.6 YES 69 95 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 4.2 1.9 YES 19 44 Accommodation and food services 2.5 0.6 YES 50 73 Other services -0.7 1.2 -65 66 Government -0.1 0.2 -39 41 Federal 1.2 0.2 YES 36 7 YES State and local -0.3 0.2 YES -75 38 YES State and local education -0.6 0.2 YES -58 22 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -17 23 REGION Northeast 0.8 0.4 YES 114 97 YES South -0.4 0.3 YES -387 163 YES Midwest 0.4 0.4 39 120 West 0.4 0.4 26 116 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 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.