TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2020 and March 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                                        -0.5           0.2         YES         -813            308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.5           0.2         YES         -774            303         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -1.4           1.0         YES          -12              7         YES

    Construction (1)                                 -0.6           0.9                      -53             65

    Manufacturing                                    -0.8           0.3         YES         -102             43         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.9           0.4         YES          -82             33         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.4           0.5                      -21             26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.4                      -76            131

      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.7                      -19             43

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.5                       -9             94

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.8           0.8                      -48             50

    Information (1)                                  -0.2           0.7                       -6             22

    Financial activities                             -0.6           0.7                      -63             62         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.6           0.8                      -41             53

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.8           1.0                      -22             24

    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.7                     -131            136

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.4                      -24             99

      Educational services (1)                       -0.3           0.5                      -10             20

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -14             97

    Leisure and hospitality                          -1.2           0.6         YES         -251            109         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           1.1                        7             29

      Accommodation and food services                -1.6           0.7         YES         -258            100         YES

    Other services                                   -0.9           1.0                      -56             64

  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -39             50

    Federal (1)                                       0.2           0.4                        6             12

    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -44             48

      State and local education                      -0.3           0.2         YES          -36             22         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.4                       -8             43



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -81            117

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -206            184         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.7           0.4         YES         -247            146         YES

    West                                             -0.7           0.4         YES         -278            137         YES



  (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, May 15, 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.