TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2018 and January 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                                      0.5          0.2         YES          1000          271         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           894          265         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.4          1.2         YES            14            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.6          0.7                        57           47         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        16           42

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.3         YES            44           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.6                       -29           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.4                        91          107

      Wholesale trade                              1.0          0.6         YES            67           39         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.5                         3           82

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.8                        22           48

    Information                                    1.4          0.7         YES            42           20         YES

    Financial activities                           0.6          0.7                        64           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.8                        26           55

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.5          1.2         YES            38           27         YES

    Professional and business services             0.9          0.7         YES           222          136         YES

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.4         YES           240           90         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -3           20

      Health care and social assistance            1.0          0.4         YES           243           85         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.6         YES           185           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.1                        19           26

      Accommodation and food services              0.9          0.7         YES           164           94         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          1.0                       -35           62

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES           104           44         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.4                         7           10

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            97           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.4          0.1         YES            43           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.4         YES            54           36         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       136          102         YES

    South                                          0.8          0.3         YES           490          164         YES

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.4         YES           237          116         YES

    West                                           0.3          0.4                       135          124         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 15, 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.