TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2020 and May 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                                         0.2           0.2                      401            308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.3           0.2         YES          410            303         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                            0.2           1.0                        1              7

    Construction (1)                                  1.3           0.9         YES          118             65         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                       13             43

      Durable goods (1)                               0.1           0.4                       10             33

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.0           0.5                        2             26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.4                      104            131

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.7                       -1             43

      Retail trade                                    0.9           0.5         YES          147             94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.7           0.8                      -42             50

    Information (1)                                  -1.9           0.7         YES          -55             22         YES

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.7                        4             62

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.8                       16             53

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.6           1.0                      -12             24

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.7                       -1            136

    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.4                      -54             99

      Educational services (1)                       -0.8           0.5         YES          -27             20         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.4                      -27             97

    Leisure and hospitality                           1.8           0.6         YES          233            109         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             2.9           1.1         YES           37             29         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 1.6           0.7         YES          196            100         YES

    Other services                                    0.7           1.0                       47             64

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       -9             50

    Federal (1)                                      -1.2           0.4         YES          -37             12         YES

    State and local                                   0.3           0.2         YES           28             48

      State and local education                       0.3           0.2         YES           17             22

      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.4                       11             43



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                        0            117

    South                                             0.4           0.3         YES          214            184         YES

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       60            146

    West                                              0.3           0.4                      126            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, July 7, 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.