TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2017 and April 2017,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                         0.2           0.2                      259            228         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      220            224

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.4           0.8                       -3              6

    Construction (1)                                  0.6           0.6                       42             43

    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.2         YES          -45             34         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.4           0.3         YES          -30             24         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.3           0.3                      -15             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.3                        2             82

      Wholesale trade (1)                             0.2           0.5                       13             33

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.4                      -16             65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.1           0.5                        6             28

    Information (1)                                   0.9           0.8         YES           28             24         YES

    Financial activities                              0.5           0.6                       46             51

      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.7                       22             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          1.0           1.0                       23             21         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.6                      -18            106

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.3                        9             61

      Educational services (1)                        0.4           0.4                       12             15

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.3                       -3             60

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.5         YES          112             71         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           0.9                       -5             18

      Accommodation and food services                 0.8           0.5         YES          118             65         YES

    Other services (1)                                0.7           0.9                       46             50

  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       39             38         YES

    Federal (1)                                      -0.1           0.4                       -6             11

    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       45             33         YES

      State and local education                       0.2           0.1         YES           14             15

      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.3                       29             28         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.4           0.3         YES          117             86         YES

    South                                             0.0           0.3                        0            140

    Midwest                                           0.4           0.3         YES          138             81         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.3                        3            103



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 6, 2017.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.