TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2019 and September 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 0.2 0.2 -83 264 INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.2 YES -26 261 Mining and logging -0.2 1.5 -5 11 Construction -0.7 1.1 -70 74 Manufacturing 0.2 0.3 8 39 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 -11 30 Nondurable goods 0.5 0.5 19 23 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.4 0.4 57 101 Wholesale trade 1.0 0.5 YES 49 29 YES Retail trade -0.2 0.5 -48 81 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.2 0.8 YES 57 43 YES Information 0.6 0.8 7 21 Financial activities 0.1 0.5 3 39 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.5 13 30 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.9 -10 20 Professional and business services 0.1 0.7 -33 125 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 2 68 Educational services -0.6 0.6 -33 23 YES Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.3 35 62 Leisure and hospitality 1.1 0.6 YES -110 95 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.6 1.9 -53 44 YES Accommodation and food services 1.2 0.6 YES -56 73 Other services 2.4 1.2 YES 116 66 YES Government -0.2 0.2 -57 41 YES Federal 0.5 0.2 YES 19 7 YES State and local -0.3 0.2 YES -76 38 YES State and local education -0.4 0.2 YES -59 22 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -18 23 REGION Northeast 0.5 0.4 YES 48 97 South 0.0 0.3 -168 163 YES Midwest 0.1 0.4 -69 120 West 0.6 0.4 YES 106 116 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 10, 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.