TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and July 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                                         0.3           0.2         YES          617            308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.4           0.2         YES          600            303         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                            0.0           1.0                        0              7

    Construction (1)                                  1.1           0.9         YES           90             65         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.5           0.3         YES           62             43         YES

      Durable goods (1)                               0.4           0.4                       34             33         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.5           0.5                       28             26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.7           0.4         YES          217            131         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.3           0.7                       18             43

      Retail trade                                    1.0           0.5         YES          172             94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.4           0.8                       26             50

    Information (1)                                   0.0           0.7                       -1             22

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.7                       -7             62

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.8                       -8             53

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.1           1.0                        3             24

    Professional and business services                0.5           0.7                      123            136

    Education and health services                     0.6           0.4         YES          173             99         YES

      Educational services (1)                        0.8           0.5         YES           27             20         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.6           0.4         YES          146             97         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.9           0.6         YES          -78            109

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.3           1.1         YES          -16             29

      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.7         YES          -62            100

    Other services                                    0.2           1.0                       19             64

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       17             50

    Federal (1)                                       0.6           0.4         YES           20             12         YES

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                       -3             48

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -6             22

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.4                        2             43



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       38            117

    South                                             0.4           0.3         YES          237            184         YES

    Midwest                                           0.7           0.4         YES          228            146         YES

    West                                              0.2           0.4                      115            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, September 9, 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.