TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2018 and July 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -301          271         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -278          265         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.0          1.2                         9            9

    Construction                                   0.6          0.7                        59           47         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        34           42

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.3         YES            46           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.6                       -12           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.4         YES          -193          107         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -1.1          0.6         YES           -66           39         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.5         YES          -156           82         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.8                        28           48

    Information                                    0.6          0.7                        17           20

    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.7                       -66           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.1          0.8         YES           -78           55         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.2                        12           27

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.7                       -63          136

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.4                         2           90

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -2           20

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                         3           85

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.6                      -103           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.1                        13           26

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.7         YES          -117           94         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          1.0                        24           62

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -22           44

    Federal                                       -0.7          0.4         YES           -21           10         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         0           42

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         9           16

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.4                        -9           36



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                      -101          102

    South                                         -0.4          0.3         YES          -221          164         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -20          116

    West                                           0.0          0.4                        42          124



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 10, 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.