TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2021 and March 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                                         0.3           0.2         YES          597            323         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.3           0.2         YES          422            312         YES

    Mining and logging                                1.5           1.0         YES           11              7         YES

    Construction                                      0.8           0.9                       72             70         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.9           0.4         YES          134             50         YES

      Durable goods                                   0.8           0.4         YES           67             35         YES

      Nondurable goods                                1.2           0.6         YES           68             30         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.5                       79            138

      Wholesale trade                                 0.5           0.7                       33             44

      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.6                       59            109

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.8                      -13             51

    Information                                      -0.1           0.8                       -3             23

    Financial activities                              0.6           0.7                       51             64

      Finance and insurance                           0.5           0.8                       38             56

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           1.1                       13             25

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.7                        1            149

    Education and health services                    -0.7           0.4         YES         -167            102         YES

      Educational services                            1.3           0.5         YES           52             19         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -1.0           0.4         YES         -218            100         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           1.6           0.6         YES          267             99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             3.5           1.2         YES           81             28         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 1.3           0.6         YES          185             94         YES

    Other services                                   -0.4           1.0                      -23             63

  Government                                          0.7           0.2         YES          175             57         YES

    Federal                                           0.6           0.5         YES           20             15         YES

    State and local                                   0.7           0.3         YES          155             55         YES

      State and local education                       1.5           0.2         YES          155             23         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.5                        0             50



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.7           0.4         YES          194            121         YES

    South                                             0.2           0.3                       96            192

    Midwest                                           0.5           0.4         YES          179            146         YES

    West                                              0.4           0.4                      128            140



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 11, 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.