TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2018 and December 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                                     -0.7          0.2         YES         -1029          271         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.8          0.2         YES         -1100          265         YES

    Mining and logging                            -2.0          1.2         YES           -15            9         YES

    Construction                                  -0.8          0.7         YES           -60           47         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.3         YES           -75           42         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.9          0.3         YES           -74           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.6                        -1           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.1          0.4         YES          -347          107         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         4           39

      Retail trade                                -1.5          0.5         YES          -265           82         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.3          0.8         YES           -85           48         YES

    Information                                   -0.3          0.7                       -10           20

    Financial activities                          -0.8          0.7         YES           -75           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.2          0.8         YES           -79           55         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         5           27

    Professional and business services            -1.0          0.7         YES          -232          136         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.7          0.4         YES          -142           90         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        21           20         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.8          0.4         YES          -165           85         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.6         YES          -118           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.1                         7           26

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.7         YES          -125           94         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          1.0                       -25           62

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        70           44         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.4                        -6           10

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            76           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.8          0.4         YES            75           36         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -120          102         YES

    South                                         -0.8          0.3         YES          -475          164         YES

    Midwest                                       -1.0          0.4         YES          -343          116         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -91          124



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 11, 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.