TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2015 and November 2016, 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 -23 242 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -36 238 Mining and logging 1.7 1.0 YES 10 7 YES Construction -0.1 1.1 -1 69 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -4 44 Durable goods 0.1 0.4 8 32 Nondurable goods -0.3 0.6 -12 28 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.4 0.4 -89 97 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.6 -4 36 Retail trade -1.0 0.5 YES -148 77 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.0 0.7 YES 64 34 YES Information -0.2 0.7 -3 18 Financial activities -0.5 0.5 -36 41 Finance and insurance -0.4 0.5 -25 29 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 1.1 -11 24 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 17 115 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 -4 50 Educational services -0.4 0.6 -12 17 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 8 46 Leisure and hospitality 0.3 0.7 57 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.4 1.9 11 37 Accommodation and food services 0.3 0.6 47 74 Other services 0.3 1.0 18 53 Government 0.1 0.1 13 32 Federal -0.1 0.3 -3 7 State and local 0.1 0.2 17 31 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -6 19 State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.2 22 21 YES REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 4 93 South 0.0 0.3 19 143 Midwest 0.0 0.4 -14 109 West -0.1 0.4 -30 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 10, 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.