TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and September 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 0.2 0.2 286 250 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 268 248 YES Mining and logging -2.4 1.3 YES -18 10 YES Construction 0.6 1.1 53 67 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 20 40 Durable goods 0.1 0.4 13 28 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.5 8 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.3 54 91 Wholesale trade 0.4 0.5 21 27 Retail trade 0.0 0.5 3 71 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.7 30 37 Information -0.1 0.8 -1 21 Financial activities -0.1 0.4 0 38 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.5 -6 30 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.9 6 19 Professional and business services 0.4 0.7 101 119 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 47 68 Educational services 0.0 0.6 5 21 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 42 62 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 59 90 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.6 2.1 -9 47 Accommodation and food services 0.3 0.5 67 72 Other services -0.8 1.1 -46 63 Government 0.0 0.2 18 40 Federal 0.1 0.2 3 5 State and local 0.0 0.2 15 40 State and local education 0.0 0.2 0 20 State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.3 15 23 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 76 95 South 0.0 0.3 36 153 Midwest -0.1 0.4 0 115 West 0.4 0.3 YES 175 110 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 5, 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.