TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and April 2020,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -0.1           0.2                     -965            308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                     -883            303         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.2           1.0                       -2              7

    Construction (1)                                  0.6           0.9                       16             65

    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.3                        1             43

      Durable goods (1)                               0.0           0.4                      -17             33

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.6           0.5         YES           18             26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.4                     -187            131         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.7                       -6             43

      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.5                     -113             94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.7           0.8                      -67             50         YES

    Information (1)                                   0.4           0.7                        3             22

    Financial activities                             -0.8           0.7         YES          -84             62         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -1.1           0.8         YES          -77             53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.0           1.0                       -8             24

    Professional and business services               -0.9           0.7         YES         -309            136         YES

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.4                     -117             99         YES

      Educational services (1)                        0.3           0.5                       -2             20

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                     -115             97         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           1.0           0.6         YES         -210            109         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -2.8           1.1         YES         -103             29         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 1.6           0.7         YES         -107            100         YES

    Other services                                    0.8           1.0                        9             64

  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -82             50         YES

    Federal (1)                                      -0.5           0.4         YES          -17             12         YES

    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -65             48         YES

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -23             22         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.3           0.4                      -42             43



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                     -134            117         YES

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -435            184         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                     -208            146         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.4                     -190            137         YES



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.