TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and November 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 3 250 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -6 248 Mining and logging -0.8 1.3 -6 10 Construction 0.2 1.1 22 67 Manufacturing -0.3 0.3 -29 40 Durable goods -0.1 0.4 -10 28 Nondurable goods -0.4 0.5 -19 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.3 -8 91 Wholesale trade -0.5 0.5 -30 27 YES Retail trade 0.2 0.5 29 71 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.2 0.7 -8 37 Information -0.2 0.8 -8 21 Financial activities 0.2 0.4 21 38 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.5 11 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.4 0.9 9 19 Professional and business services 0.0 0.7 28 119 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 18 68 Educational services -0.1 0.6 -1 21 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 20 62 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -17 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 2.1 12 47 Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.5 -29 72 Other services -0.5 1.1 -26 63 Government 0.0 0.2 8 40 Federal 0.2 0.2 6 5 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 2 40 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -5 20 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.3 8 23 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 16 95 South 0.0 0.3 47 153 Midwest 0.0 0.4 -3 115 West -0.2 0.3 -57 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 17, 2020. *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.