TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2019 and January 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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -538          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -579          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          1.1         YES           -10            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.4          0.8                       -25           60

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.4                       -25           47

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -23           28

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.6                        -3           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.4         YES          -185          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -1.5          0.7         YES           -93           43         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.6                       -32           98

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.9         YES           -59           50         YES

    Information                                    0.5          0.7                        19           22

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.7                       -10           62

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.8                        16           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.1          1.1                       -26           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.8                      -133          153

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.4                       -77           97

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.6                        -3           21

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.4                       -74           96

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          0.6         YES          -228          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.5          1.2         YES            40           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -1.9          0.7         YES          -267           96         YES

    Other services                                 1.5          1.0         YES            96           62         YES

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        41           48

    Federal                                       -0.6          0.4         YES           -13           12         YES

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        54           47         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        15           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.4                        40           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                        -1          110

    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -128          174

    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.4         YES          -265          139         YES

    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -144          133         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 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.