TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2019 and October 2020, 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 0.3 0.2 YES 35 264 INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES 69 261 Mining and logging -0.9 1.5 -10 11 Construction -1.0 1.1 -86 74 YES Manufacturing 0.7 0.3 YES 66 39 YES Durable goods 0.8 0.4 YES 48 30 YES Nondurable goods 0.5 0.5 18 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.6 0.4 YES 115 101 YES Wholesale trade -0.2 0.5 -18 29 Retail trade 0.4 0.5 40 81 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.8 0.8 YES 93 43 YES Information 1.3 0.8 YES 24 21 YES Financial activities 0.0 0.5 -5 39 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.5 -7 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.4 0.9 3 20 Professional and business services -0.1 0.7 -64 125 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 26 68 Educational services -0.2 0.6 -15 23 Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.3 39 62 Leisure and hospitality 1.5 0.6 YES -17 95 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.1 1.9 -41 44 Accommodation and food services 1.7 0.6 YES 24 73 Other services 0.6 1.2 22 66 Government -0.1 0.2 -35 41 Federal 0.1 0.2 4 7 State and local -0.1 0.2 -39 38 YES State and local education -0.1 0.2 -28 22 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 -10 23 REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 21 97 South 0.4 0.3 YES 57 163 Midwest 0.1 0.4 -46 120 West 0.3 0.4 2 116 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.