TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2021 and February 2021,

         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                                         0.2           0.2                      268            323



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.2           0.2                      352            312         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.9           1.0                       -6              7

    Construction                                     -0.4           0.9                      -34             70

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.4                        1             50

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.4                       -4             35

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.6                        6             30

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.5                       56            138

      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.7                       10             44

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.6                       24            109

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.8                       22             51

    Information                                      -1.1           0.8         YES          -34             23         YES

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.7                       15             64

      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.8                       21             56

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           1.1                       -5             25

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.7                      -14            149

    Education and health services                     0.7           0.4         YES          197            102         YES

      Educational services                           -1.0           0.5         YES          -35             19         YES

      Health care and social assistance               1.0           0.4         YES          233            100         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           1.0           0.6         YES          160             99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             2.9           1.2         YES           56             28         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.7           0.6         YES          104             94         YES

    Other services                                    0.2           1.0                       10             63

  Government                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -84             57         YES

    Federal                                           0.1           0.5                        4             15

    State and local                                  -0.4           0.3         YES          -89             55         YES

      State and local education                      -1.1           0.2         YES         -117             23         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.5                       28             50



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.4           0.4                      112            121

    South                                             0.2           0.3                       93            192

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       34            146

    West                                              0.1           0.4                       28            140



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 6, 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.