TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and December 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                       74            308



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.2           0.2                      144            303

    Mining and logging (1)                            0.0           1.0                        0              7

    Construction (1)                                 -0.4           0.9                      -37             65

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -12             43

      Durable goods (1)                               0.2           0.4                       17             33

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.6           0.5         YES          -30             26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.4                       44            131

      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.7                      -12             43

      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.5                       62             94

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.2           0.8                       -6             50

    Information (1)                                   0.5           0.7                       15             22

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.7                       18             62

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.8                       17             53

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

    Professional and business services                1.3           0.7         YES          296            136         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.4                      -41             99

      Educational services (1)                       -0.4           0.5                      -17             20

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -24             97

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.7           0.6         YES         -127            109         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -2.3           1.1         YES          -50             29         YES

      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.7                      -76            100

    Other services                                   -0.2           1.0                      -13             64

  Government                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -70             50         YES

    Federal (1)                                      -0.1           0.4                       -3             12

    State and local                                  -0.4           0.2         YES          -69             48         YES

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -4             22

      State and local, excluding education           -0.7           0.4         YES          -65             43         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       17            117

    South                                             0.2           0.3                       69            184

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -25            146

    West                                              0.0           0.4                       12            137



  (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 9, 2021.

  *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.