TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2018 and March 2019, 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 -22 250 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -9 248 Mining and logging 0.2 1.3 4 10 Construction -0.2 1.1 -4 67 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -14 40 Durable goods -0.5 0.4 YES -30 28 YES Nondurable goods 0.3 0.5 17 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.3 -33 91 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.5 1 27 Retail trade -0.3 0.5 -40 71 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.7 6 37 Information 0.0 0.8 -1 21 Financial activities -0.1 0.4 -10 38 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.5 4 30 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.9 -13 19 Professional and business services -0.2 0.7 -2 119 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 13 68 Educational services 0.2 0.6 10 21 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 3 62 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 55 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 2.1 -27 47 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.5 82 72 YES Other services -0.3 1.1 -16 63 Government 0.0 0.2 -13 40 Federal 0.1 0.2 4 5 State and local 0.0 0.2 -17 40 State and local education 0.0 0.2 3 20 State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.3 -20 23 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.4 51 95 South 0.1 0.3 67 153 Midwest -0.4 0.4 -100 115 West -0.2 0.3 -40 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 7, 2019. *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.