TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2021 and March 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 0.2 0.2 516 308 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 500 304 YES Mining and logging -0.3 1.3 1 9 Construction -0.7 1.1 -34 82 Manufacturing 0.4 0.4 60 55 YES Durable goods 0.0 0.5 12 38 Nondurable goods 0.8 0.7 YES 48 32 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.4 0.5 149 133 YES Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 5 36 Retail trade 0.8 0.7 YES 149 115 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.8 -5 45 Information 0.0 0.9 6 25 Financial activities 0.0 0.5 2 43 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.5 0 34 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 1.0 1 22 Professional and business services 0.4 0.8 152 159 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 45 74 Educational services 0.2 0.6 12 23 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 33 65 Leisure and hospitality -0.5 0.6 100 100 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.7 40 35 YES Accommodation and food services -0.7 0.7 60 91 Other services 0.2 1.2 20 67 Government 0.1 0.2 16 41 Federal 0.1 0.2 2 7 State and local 0.1 0.2 15 40 State and local education 0.1 0.2 16 23 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 -2 24 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 27 105 South 0.5 0.3 YES 400 184 YES Midwest -0.1 0.4 26 125 West 0.0 0.4 63 141 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 3, 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.