TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and December 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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           204          283



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           315          280         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.1                         3            8

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.8                       -21           60

    Manufacturing                                  1.0          0.4         YES           115           47         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.3         YES            41           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.6          0.6         YES            73           32         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.4         YES           104          123

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.7                       -16           43

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.6                        52           98

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.9         YES            67           50         YES

    Information                                   -1.3          0.7         YES           -50           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.7                       -39           62

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.8                       -12           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.1                       -27           25         YES

    Professional and business services             1.6          0.8         YES           329          153         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.4                        50           97

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.6                       -24           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES            74           96

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                      -158          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.8          1.2         YES           -61           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.7                       -96           96

    Other services                                 0.0          1.0                       -18           62

  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES          -111           48         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.4                         7           12

    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES          -118           47         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -34           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.8          0.4         YES           -85           40         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                        49          110

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           218          174         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                         3          139

    West                                           0.1          0.4                       -66          133



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2021.

  *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.