TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and December 2018,

         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                      169            231



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      198            227

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.3           0.8                       -2              6

    Construction (1)                                  1.0           0.6         YES           88             43         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -0.5           0.3         YES          -67             34         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.4           0.3         YES          -30             25         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.7           0.3         YES          -37             18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -66             84

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.2           0.5                      -16             33

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.4                      -44             66

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.1           0.6                       -7             29

    Information (1)                                  -0.1           0.8                       -1             24

    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.6                      -34             52

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.7                       -3             44

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -1.3           1.0         YES          -31             21         YES

    Professional and business services                0.3           0.6                       82            106

    Education and health services                     0.3           0.3                       85             67         YES

      Educational services (1)                        0.2           0.4                        5             15

      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.4                       79             64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.6           0.5         YES          121             72         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.4           0.9         YES           37             19         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.5           0.5                       84             68         YES

    Other services (1)                               -0.1           0.9                       -6             52

  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -29             39

    Federal (1)                                      -1.1           0.4         YES          -32             11         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        3             34

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        1             15

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        3             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.3                       25             88

    South                                             0.1           0.3                      105            144

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                       -5             84

    West                                              0.1           0.3                       46            102



  (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, February 12, 2019.

  *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.