TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2019 and April 2020,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                     -1.0          0.2         YES         -2399          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -1.0          0.2         YES         -2295          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -2.6          1.1         YES           -21            8         YES

    Construction                                  -1.7          0.8         YES          -174           60         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -1.0          0.4         YES          -168           47         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.4          0.3         YES          -143           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.6                       -25           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.4          0.4         YES          -523          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -1.8          0.7         YES          -122           43         YES

      Retail trade                                -1.3          0.6         YES          -279           98         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.5          0.9         YES          -123           50         YES

    Information                                    0.3          0.7                         2           22

    Financial activities                          -1.1          0.7         YES          -101           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.8         YES           -61           54         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.4          1.1         YES           -41           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -294          153         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.8          0.4         YES          -320           97         YES

      Educational services                        -0.5          0.6                       -36           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.8          0.4         YES          -286           96         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.6                      -604          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.2                       -89           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.7                      -514           96         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          1.0                       -90           62         YES

  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES          -103           48         YES

    Federal                                       -1.4          0.4         YES           -40           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -64           47         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -24           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.4                       -40           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                      -207          110         YES

    South                                         -1.1          0.3         YES          -966          174         YES

    Midwest                                       -1.5          0.4         YES          -693          139         YES

    West                                          -0.9          0.4         YES          -533          133         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.