TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2019 and November 2019,

         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         -561            281         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.4           0.2         YES         -520            276         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.2           1.0                       -2              8

    Construction (1)                                 -1.4           0.8         YES         -112             58         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -0.5           0.3         YES          -59             42         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.5           0.4         YES          -37             31         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.4           0.5                      -23             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.8           0.4         YES         -246            108         YES

      Wholesale trade                                -1.1           0.7         YES          -67             42         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.8           0.5         YES         -139             81         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.6           0.8                      -40             46

    Information (1)                                   0.2           0.7                       10             22

    Financial activities                             -0.6           0.7                      -58             63

      Finance and insurance                          -0.9           0.8         YES          -62             52         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.2           1.1                        4             24

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.7                      -25            132

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.4                       52             97

      Educational services (1)                        0.1           0.5                        5             19

      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.5                       47             94

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.6                      -12            101

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.5           1.0                      -11             25

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.6                        0             94

    Other services                                   -1.1           1.0         YES          -67             60         YES

  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -42             46

    Federal (1)                                      -0.7           0.3         YES          -20             10         YES

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -22             44

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        4             18

      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.3                      -26             33



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                      -51            109

    South                                            -0.6           0.3         YES         -310            171         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.6           0.4         YES         -206            119         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.4                        5            130



  (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 17, 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.