TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and July 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                                      0.0          0.2                      -648          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                      -585          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -2.6          1.1         YES           -24            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.1          0.8                       -19           60

    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.4                       -69           47         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.7          0.3         YES           -69           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.6                         0           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                        42          123

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.7                        18           43

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.6                        35           98

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.9                       -12           50

    Information                                   -2.0          0.7         YES           -76           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.9          0.7         YES           -94           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.8                       -37           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -2.0          1.1         YES           -56           25         YES

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.8                       -95          153

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.4                       -65           97

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.6                       -28           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                       -37           96

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                      -224          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.8          1.2                       -22           28

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.7                      -201           96         YES

    Other services                                 1.1          1.0         YES            39           62

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -62           48         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.4                         3           12

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -66           47         YES

      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -61           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.4                        -6           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                         2          110

    South                                          0.0          0.3                      -239          174         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                      -134          139

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                      -277          133         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 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.