TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and December 2019,

         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                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -364            281         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -332            276         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -1.0           1.0                       -8              8

    Construction (1)                                  0.3           0.8                       22             58

    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.3                      -21             42

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.3           0.4                      -28             31

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.2           0.5                        7             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.4                     -123            108         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.7                        0             42

      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.5                      -35             81

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -1.3           0.8         YES          -88             46         YES

    Information (1)                                  -0.8           0.7         YES          -23             22         YES

    Financial activities                             -0.5           0.7                      -50             63

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.8                      -16             52

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -1.4           1.1         YES          -34             24         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.7                      -40            132

    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.4                      -94             97

      Educational services (1)                       -0.9           0.5         YES          -34             19         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.5                      -60             94

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.6                      -13            101

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.8           1.0                       23             25

      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.6                      -36             94

    Other services                                    0.2           1.0                       17             60

  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -32             46

    Federal (1)                                      -0.8           0.3         YES          -24             10         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -7             44

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        2             18

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -9             33



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -78            109

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -176            171         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -78            119

    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -32            130



  (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 11, 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.