TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2019 and March 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                                     -0.8          0.2         YES         -1242          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.9          0.2         YES         -1235          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.9          1.1         YES           -16            8         YES

    Construction                                  -1.5          0.8         YES          -111           60         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.4         YES          -121           47         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.1          0.3         YES           -99           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.6                       -23           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.8          0.4         YES          -245          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.9          0.7         YES           -59           43         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.6                       -75           98

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.7          0.9         YES          -110           50         YES

    Information                                   -0.7          0.7                       -20           22

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.7                       -29           62

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.8                        17           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.9          1.1         YES           -46           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.8                      -136          153

    Education and health services                 -0.7          0.4         YES          -161           97         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.6                         3           21

      Health care and social assistance           -0.9          0.4         YES          -163           96         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.8          0.6         YES          -326          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.4          1.2         YES            37           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -2.3          0.7         YES          -363           96         YES

    Other services                                -1.2          1.0         YES           -73           62         YES

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                        -7           48

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.4                       -11           12

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         3           47

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -7           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.4                        11           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -65          110

    South                                         -0.7          0.3         YES          -442          174         YES

    Midwest                                       -1.1          0.4         YES          -377          139         YES

    West                                          -1.0          0.4         YES          -358          133         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 15, 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.