TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and September 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          -407          271         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -516          265         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -2            9

    Construction                                   0.4          0.7                        39           47

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                         0           42

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        12           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.6                       -10           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.0          0.4         YES          -304          107         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -27           39

      Retail trade                                -1.6          0.5         YES          -287           82         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                        10           48

    Information                                    1.6          0.7         YES            52           20         YES

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.7                         6           62

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.8                         0           55

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         6           27

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.7                      -103          136

    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -91           90         YES

      Educational services                         1.1          0.5         YES            44           20         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.7          0.4         YES          -135           85         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.6         YES          -118           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          1.1         YES            37           26         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.7         YES          -156           94         YES

    Other services                                 0.0          1.0                         2           62

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES           109           44         YES

    Federal                                        0.6          0.4         YES            19           10         YES

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            90           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                        17           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.7          0.4         YES            73           36         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -78          102

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                       -46          164

    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.4         YES          -232          116         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -51          124



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 5, 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.