TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2021 and August 2021,

         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                                        -0.4           0.2         YES         -659            323         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -441            312         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.7           1.0                       -4              7

    Construction                                     -0.1           0.9                       -3             70

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.4                      -36             50

      Durable goods                                  -0.5           0.4         YES          -40             35         YES

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.6                        5             30

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.5                      102            138

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                       11             44

      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.6                       53            109

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           0.8                       37             51

    Information                                      -0.2           0.8                       -6             23

    Financial activities                             -0.6           0.7                      -50             64

      Finance and insurance                          -0.5           0.8                      -36             56

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.6           1.1                      -15             25

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.7                      -28            149

    Education and health services                    -0.9           0.4         YES         -241            102         YES

      Educational services                           -0.4           0.5                      -17             19

      Health care and social assistance              -1.0           0.4         YES         -224            100         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -1.1           0.6         YES         -201             99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.2                      -23             28

      Accommodation and food services                -1.1           0.6         YES         -178             94         YES

    Other services                                    0.4           1.0                       28             63

  Government                                         -0.9           0.2         YES         -219             57         YES

    Federal                                           0.7           0.5         YES           22             15         YES

    State and local                                  -1.1           0.3         YES         -240             55         YES

      State and local education                      -1.2           0.2         YES         -124             23         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -1.2           0.5         YES         -118             50         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.7           0.4         YES         -228            121         YES

    South                                            -0.2           0.3                     -126            192

    Midwest                                          -0.6           0.4         YES         -226            146         YES

    West                                             -0.2           0.4                      -79            140



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

  *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.