TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2019 and October 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                                         0.2           0.2                      235            281



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      209            276

    Mining and logging (1)                           -1.7           1.0         YES          -13              8         YES

    Construction (1)                                 -0.2           0.8                      -16             58

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.3                       15             42

      Durable goods (1)                               0.6           0.4         YES           50             31         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.7           0.5         YES          -36             24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.6           0.4         YES          179            108         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.7           0.7                       48             42         YES

      Retail trade                                    0.7           0.5         YES          125             81         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.1           0.8                        5             46

    Information (1)                                  -1.0           0.7         YES          -33             22         YES

    Financial activities                              0.6           0.7                       61             63

      Finance and insurance                           0.8           0.8                       56             52         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.2           1.1                        6             24

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.7                      -58            132

    Education and health services                     0.3           0.4                       79             97

      Educational services (1)                        0.3           0.5                       14             19

      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.5                       65             94

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.6                      -25            101

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.0                      -26             25         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.6                        1             94

    Other services                                    0.3           1.0                       21             60

  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       25             46

    Federal (1)                                      -0.3           0.3                      -11             10         YES

    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       37             44

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       10             18

      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.3                       25             33



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       25            109

    South                                             0.2           0.3                      113            171

    Midwest                                           0.3           0.4                      106            119

    West                                              0.0           0.4                       -9            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, December 17, 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.