TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2016 and June 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 0.0 0.2 178 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 208 238 Mining and logging 1.5 1.1 YES 13 8 YES Construction 0.9 1.1 71 74 Manufacturing 0.4 0.3 YES 53 43 YES Durable goods 0.5 0.4 YES 34 31 YES Nondurable goods 0.4 0.6 19 28 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 35 98 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.6 -5 36 Retail trade 0.2 0.5 32 77 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.7 9 34 Information -0.6 0.7 -18 19 Financial activities 0.1 0.5 9 41 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.5 -1 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.4 1.1 11 23 Professional and business services 0.6 0.7 156 111 YES Education and health services -0.2 0.3 -30 50 Educational services -0.9 0.6 YES -29 17 YES Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -2 46 Leisure and hospitality -0.6 0.7 -71 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -2.5 1.9 YES -59 37 YES Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.6 -12 74 Other services -0.3 1.0 -9 53 Government -0.1 0.1 -31 32 Federal -0.4 0.3 YES -13 7 YES State and local -0.2 0.2 -18 31 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -17 19 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 -1 21 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.4 -27 94 South 0.5 0.3 YES 286 141 YES Midwest -0.2 0.4 -20 109 West -0.2 0.4 -63 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 8, 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.