TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2017 and November 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 0.2 168 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 153 238 Mining and logging -0.8 1.1 -4 8 Construction 0.1 1.1 19 75 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 27 43 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 8 31 Nondurable goods 0.4 0.5 19 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 76 98 Wholesale trade 0.6 0.6 39 35 YES Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -8 78 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.7 44 34 YES Information 0.2 0.7 4 19 Financial activities 0.2 0.5 20 40 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.5 8 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.5 1.1 13 23 Professional and business services -0.7 0.7 -123 115 YES Education and health services 0.3 0.3 90 53 YES Educational services 0.0 0.6 1 17 Health care and social assistance 0.4 0.3 YES 89 49 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.7 11 91 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.0 1.9 2 37 Accommodation and food services 0.0 0.6 8 75 Other services 0.6 1.0 32 53 Government 0.1 0.1 14 32 Federal 0.4 0.3 YES 13 7 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 1 31 State and local education 0.1 0.2 15 19 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.2 -13 21 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 53 94 South 0.1 0.3 82 144 Midwest 0.2 0.4 66 112 West -0.1 0.4 -34 109 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 8, 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.