TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and November 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                                     -0.6          0.2         YES          -843          271         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.7          0.2         YES          -905          265         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.7          1.2         YES           -14            9         YES

    Construction                                  -0.9          0.7         YES           -65           47         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.3         YES          -113           42         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.3         YES           -45           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.3          0.6         YES           -68           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.4          0.4         YES          -428          107         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.6                       -29           39

      Retail trade                                -2.0          0.5         YES          -379           82         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.8                       -19           48

    Information                                    0.7          0.7                        24           20         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.7                       -41           62

      Finance and insurance                       -0.8          0.8                       -55           55

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.2                        14           27

    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.7                      -125          136

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.4                        13           90

      Educational services                         1.2          0.5         YES            54           20         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -41           85

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.6                       -64           99

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.1                        19           26

      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.7                       -82           94

    Other services                                -1.5          1.0         YES           -93           62         YES

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        63           44         YES

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.4                       -10           10

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            72           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                        13           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.6          0.4         YES            59           36         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -71          102

    South                                         -0.6          0.3         YES          -349          164         YES

    Midwest                                       -1.0          0.4         YES          -342          116         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -80          124



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 17, 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.