TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2017 and May 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 0.2 350 241 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 349 238 YES Mining and logging 0.5 1.1 6 8 Construction 0.1 1.1 26 75 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 14 43 Durable goods 0.2 0.4 18 31 Nondurable goods -0.1 0.5 -5 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 54 98 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.6 -1 35 Retail trade 0.2 0.5 26 78 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.7 30 34 Information 0.7 0.7 18 19 Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -27 40 Finance and insurance -0.4 0.5 -24 30 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 1.1 -4 23 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 69 115 Education and health services 0.3 0.3 68 53 YES Educational services 0.1 0.6 5 17 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 63 49 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.7 105 91 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.2 1.9 -2 37 Accommodation and food services 0.6 0.6 107 75 YES Other services 0.1 1.0 14 53 Government - 0.1 - 32 Federal - 0.3 - 7 State and local 0.1 0.2 16 31 State and local education 0.0 0.2 0 19 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 16 21 REGION Northeast -0.5 0.4 YES -140 94 YES South 0.3 0.3 187 144 YES Midwest 0.6 0.4 YES 199 112 YES West 0.3 0.4 103 109 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 10, 2018. - Data not available. *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.