TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2015 and September 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 -87 242 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -129 238 Mining and logging 1.0 1.0 4 7 Construction -0.5 1.1 -24 69 Manufacturing 0.0 0.3 -9 44 Durable goods -0.1 0.4 -14 32 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.6 5 28 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 61 97 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 1 36 Retail trade 0.1 0.5 36 77 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.7 22 34 Information -0.4 0.7 -11 18 Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -21 41 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.5 -6 29 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 1.1 -15 24 Professional and business services -0.1 0.7 15 115 Education and health services -0.2 0.3 -35 50 Educational services -0.3 0.6 -6 17 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -30 46 Leisure and hospitality -0.7 0.7 -77 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 1.9 -31 37 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.6 -46 74 Other services -0.6 1.0 -30 53 Government 0.2 0.1 YES 42 32 YES Federal 0.1 0.3 4 7 State and local 0.2 0.2 38 31 YES State and local education 0.3 0.2 YES 32 19 YES State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 7 21 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.4 -47 93 South -0.2 0.3 -43 143 Midwest 0.0 0.4 10 109 West -0.1 0.4 -8 110 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 8, 2016. *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.