TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2017 and March 2018, 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 0.0 0.2 89 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 103 238 Mining and logging 1.5 1.1 YES 13 8 YES Construction -0.9 1.1 -48 75 Manufacturing 0.3 0.3 39 43 Durable goods 0.5 0.4 YES 48 31 YES Nondurable goods -0.2 0.5 -8 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -7 98 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.6 8 35 Retail trade -0.2 0.5 -25 78 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.7 11 34 Information 0.1 0.7 3 19 Financial activities -0.3 0.5 -21 40 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.5 -12 30 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 1.1 -8 23 Professional and business services 0.6 0.7 137 115 YES Education and health services -0.2 0.3 -21 53 Educational services -0.2 0.6 -5 17 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -16 49 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.7 -5 91 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1.3 1.9 31 37 Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.6 -36 75 Other services 0.2 1.0 12 53 Government 0.0 0.1 -14 32 Federal 0.0 0.3 -1 7 State and local -0.1 0.2 -14 31 State and local education 0.0 0.2 0 19 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.2 -14 21 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.4 -77 94 South 0.0 0.3 58 144 Midwest 0.1 0.4 69 112 West 0.1 0.4 39 109 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 8, 2018. *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.