TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2019 and September 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                     -277            281



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -262            276

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

    Construction (1)                                 -0.6           0.8                      -46             58

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                       -1             42

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.1           0.4                      -12             31

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.2           0.5                       12             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.4                      -62            108

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                        9             42

      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.5         YES         -102             81         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.4           0.8                       32             46

    Information (1)                                   0.8           0.7         YES           25             22         YES

    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.7                      -21             63

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.8                       -7             52

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.5           1.1                      -13             24

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.7                      -38            132

    Education and health services                    -0.5           0.4         YES         -139             97         YES

      Educational services (1)                       -0.4           0.5                      -15             19

      Health care and social assistance              -0.6           0.5         YES         -124             94         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.6                       35            101

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.8           1.0                       23             25

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.6                       12             94

    Other services                                   -0.2           1.0                      -16             60

  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -15             46

    Federal (1)                                      -0.6           0.3         YES          -19             10         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        4             44

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       13             18

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -9             33



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.5           0.4         YES         -145            109         YES

    South                                            -0.2           0.3                      -92            171

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -29            119

    West                                              0.0           0.4                      -13            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, November 5, 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.