TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2018 and November 2018,

         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                     -243            231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -237            227         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.7           0.8                       -5              6

    Construction (1)                                 -0.5           0.6                      -45             43         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -11             34

      Durable goods (1)                               0.1           0.3                        6             25

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.4           0.3         YES          -18             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -47             84

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.7           0.5         YES          -39             33         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.4                      -48             66

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.6           0.6                       40             29         YES

    Information (1)                                  -0.5           0.8                      -17             24

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.6                      -20             52

      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.7                       19             44

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -1.6           1.0         YES          -39             21         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.6                      -51            106

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.3                       32             67

      Educational services (1)                        0.2           0.4                       10             15

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.4                       22             64

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.5                       -5             72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           0.9                        6             19

      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.5                      -12             68

    Other services (1)                               -1.0           0.9         YES          -66             52         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       -6             39

    Federal (1)                                      -0.6           0.4         YES          -18             11         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       12             34

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                       12             15

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        0             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -10             88

    South                                             0.0           0.3                       22            144

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -58             84

    West                                             -0.5           0.3         YES         -196            102         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, January 8, 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.