TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2020 and January 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                                      0.2          0.2                      -130          326



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES             0          313

    Mining and logging                             2.4          1.2         YES            14            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.5          0.9                        30           70

    Manufacturing                                  1.0          0.4         YES           109           51         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.4         YES            48           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.3          0.7         YES            62           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.5                        24          139

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                         0           44

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.7                        26          113

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.9                        -2           55

    Information                                   -0.7          0.9                       -29           27         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.9          0.7         YES           -91           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.1          0.8         YES           -73           53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.1                       -17           25

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.8                        89          162

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.4         YES            67          101

      Educational services                         0.3          0.6                        -4           21

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES            71           98

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                      -204          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.5          1.2         YES           -76           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.7                      -128           96         YES

    Other services                                 0.2          1.0                       -11           60

  Government                                      -0.4          0.2         YES          -130           57         YES

    Federal                                       -1.8          0.5         YES           -53           14         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.3                       -77           56         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            14           21

      State and local, excluding education        -0.7          0.5         YES           -91           48         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -84          125

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           108          191

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                         4          152

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                      -157          143         YES



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