TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2020 and February 2021,

         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                                      0.5          0.2         YES           450          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.8          0.2         YES           599          313         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.2                        -6            9

    Construction                                  -0.4          0.9                       -42           70

    Manufacturing                                  1.1          0.4         YES           136           51         YES

      Durable goods                                0.8          0.4         YES            52           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.7          0.7         YES            84           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.5         YES           174          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.7                        31           44

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.7                       109          113

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.9                        34           55

    Information                                   -1.1          0.9         YES           -43           27         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.8          0.7         YES           -83           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.8                       -52           53

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.1          1.1                       -31           25         YES

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.8                       106          162

    Education and health services                  1.4          0.4         YES           313          101         YES

      Educational services                         0.3          0.6                        -1           21

      Health care and social assistance            1.7          0.4         YES           314           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.2          0.6         YES           -24          102

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.8          1.2         YES             6           28

      Accommodation and food services              0.9          0.7         YES           -30           96

    Other services                                 1.4          1.0         YES            69           60         YES

  Government                                      -0.5          0.2         YES          -149           57         YES

    Federal                                       -1.4          0.5         YES           -42           14         YES

    State and local                               -0.3          0.3                      -107           56         YES

      State and local education                   -0.7          0.2         YES           -91           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.5                       -16           48



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.4         YES            75          125

    South                                          0.8          0.3         YES           330          191         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                        41          152

    West                                           0.3          0.4                         4          143



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