TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and November 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                                      0.2          0.2                      -144          283



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       -93          280

    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.1                        -2            8

    Construction                                   0.4          0.8                        21           60

    Manufacturing                                  0.9          0.4         YES            97           47         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                       -22           28

      Nondurable goods                             2.5          0.6         YES           119           32         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                      -126          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.7                       -14           43

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.6                       -52           98

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.9                       -60           50         YES

    Information                                   -1.6          0.7         YES           -59           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.7                       -66           62         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.8                       -37           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.1                       -27           25         YES

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.8                        86          153

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.4                        42           97

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.6         YES           -45           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES            86           96

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                      -155          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.2                       -27           28

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.7                      -128           96         YES

    Other services                                 1.3          1.0         YES            69           62         YES

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -51           48         YES

    Federal                                       -0.7          0.4         YES           -20           12         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                       -31           47

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        -6           19

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.4                       -25           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                       -17          110

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       -16          174

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                       -30          139

    West                                           0.0          0.4                       -80          133



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 12, 2021.

  *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.