TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2018 and January 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                                         0.1           0.2                      102            281



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       42            276

    Mining and logging (1)                            1.2           1.0         YES           11              8         YES

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.8                        3             58

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                       17             42

      Durable goods (1)                               0.0           0.4                        7             31

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.2           0.5                        9             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.4                      -11            108

      Wholesale trade                                 1.5           0.7         YES           91             42         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.5         YES          -97             81         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.1           0.8                       -6             46

    Information (1)                                   1.3           0.7         YES           42             22         YES

    Financial activities                              0.8           0.7         YES           79             63         YES

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.8                       19             52

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          2.4           1.1         YES           60             24         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.7                      -48            132

    Education and health services                     0.2           0.4                       45             97

      Educational services (1)                        0.7           0.5         YES           29             19         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.5                       15             94

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.6                        3            101

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.5           1.0         YES          -40             25         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.6                       43             94

    Other services                                   -1.5           1.0         YES          -98             60         YES

  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       59             46         YES

    Federal (1)                                       1.2           0.3         YES           35             10         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       24             44

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -6             18

      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.3                       29             33



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       42            109

    South                                             0.0           0.3                       -1            171

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       19            119

    West                                              0.1           0.4                       42            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, March 15, 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.