TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2018 and August 2019,

         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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -440          271         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -434          265         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.2                         2            9

    Construction                                   0.7          0.7                        64           47         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -17           42

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            36           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.1          0.6         YES           -53           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.4                       -94          107

      Wholesale trade                             -0.8          0.6         YES           -48           39         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.5         YES          -120           82         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.1          0.8         YES            74           48         YES

    Information                                   -0.5          0.7                       -13           20

    Financial activities                          -0.8          0.7         YES           -67           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.3          0.8         YES           -89           55         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          1.2                        23           27

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.7                      -134          136

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.4                       -30           90

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.5                        -8           20

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -22           85

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.6         YES          -130           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.1                         2           26

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.7         YES          -133           94         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          1.0                       -15           62

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                        -6           44

    Federal                                        0.5          0.4         YES            16           10         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -23           42

      State and local education                   -0.3          0.1         YES           -22           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.4                         0           36



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        35          102

    South                                         -0.2          0.3                       -69          164

    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.4         YES          -281          116         YES

    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -126          124         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 9, 2019.

  *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.