TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2018 and October 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -258          271



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -372          265         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.8          1.2         YES           -15            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          0.7                        33           47

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -23           42

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            31           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.1          0.6         YES           -55           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                       -48          107

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        31           39

      Retail trade                                -1.0          0.5         YES          -169           82         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.3          0.8         YES            89           48         YES

    Information                                   -0.6          0.7                       -20           20

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.7                        -6           62

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.8                        28           55

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.5          1.2         YES           -34           27         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.7         YES          -188          136         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.4                        -6           90

      Educational services                         1.1          0.5         YES            47           20         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.4                       -53           85

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.6                       -78           99

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          1.1                        31           26         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.7         YES          -109           94         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          1.0                       -23           62

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES           115           44         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.4                        -2           10

    State and local                                0.5          0.2         YES           118           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         9           16

      State and local, excluding education         1.1          0.4         YES           108           36         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -39          102

    South                                          0.0          0.3                        -7          164

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -116          116

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -96          124



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 17, 2019.

  *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.