TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2019 and August 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                                     -0.1          0.2                      -685          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -795          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.8          1.1         YES           -18            8         YES

    Construction                                  -1.0          0.8         YES           -89           60         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.4                        15           47

      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.3         YES           -52           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.4          0.6         YES            67           32         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.4                      -178          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                        -1           43

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.6                       -95           98

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.9         YES           -82           50         YES

    Information                                   -1.3          0.7         YES           -50           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -1.0          0.7         YES          -104           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.8         YES           -64           54         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.3          1.1         YES           -38           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.8                       -93          153

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.4                       -95           97

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.6                       -14           21

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -81           96

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3          0.6                      -185          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.2                       -43           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.7                      -142           96         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          1.0                        -1           62

  Government                                       0.6          0.2         YES           111           48         YES

    Federal                                        4.2          0.4         YES           165           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -54           47         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -31           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.4                       -23           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                      -137          110         YES

    South                                          0.0          0.3                      -189          174         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                      -175          139         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                      -184          133         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 6, 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.