TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2019 and June 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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES         -1363          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES         -1305          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.0          1.1                       -12            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.9          0.8         YES           -80           60         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.4         YES          -150           47         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.3          0.3         YES          -122           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.6                       -29           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.4         YES          -254          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                       -23           43

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.6                      -129           98         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.3          0.9         YES          -103           50         YES

    Information                                   -0.5          0.7                       -27           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.9          0.7         YES           -87           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.8                       -35           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.9          1.1         YES           -52           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -1.0          0.8         YES          -306          153         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.8          0.4         YES          -274           97         YES

      Educational services                        -0.7          0.6         YES           -34           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.8          0.4         YES          -240           96         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.6         YES          -120          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          3.4          1.2         YES            30           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.7                      -150           96         YES

    Other services                                 0.6          1.0                         7           62

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -58           48         YES

    Federal                                       -0.6          0.4         YES           -18           12         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                       -41           47

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -47           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.4                         6           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                      -142          110         YES

    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -435          174         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.6          0.4         YES          -365          139         YES

    West                                          -0.7          0.4         YES          -421          133         YES



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