TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2019 and September 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                                      0.0          0.2                      -566          283         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                      -542          280         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.7          1.1         YES           -17            8         YES

    Construction                                  -1.1          0.8         YES          -104           60         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.4                        15           47

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                       -14           28

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.6         YES            29           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.4                      -180          123         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.7                        -6           43

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.6                      -107           98         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.9                       -66           50         YES

    Information                                   -2.4          0.7         YES           -83           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.7                       -29           62

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.8                       -13           54

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                       -16           25

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.8                        45          153

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.4                        24           97

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                       -21           21

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                        45           96

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.6                      -219          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.3          1.2         YES           -64           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.7                      -156           96         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          1.0                         5           62

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -23           48

    Federal                                       -0.6          0.4         YES            -9           12

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                       -13           47

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -22           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.4                         8           40



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                       -60          110

    South                                          0.1          0.3                      -127          174

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                      -176          139         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                      -203          133         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 10, 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.