TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2017 and December 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                                        -0.1           0.2                     -167            228



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -176            224

    Mining and logging (1)                            0.1           0.8                        1              6

    Construction (1)                                 -0.7           0.6         YES          -52             43         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.2         YES          -40             34         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.3           0.3                      -20             24

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.4           0.3         YES          -20             18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -54             82

      Wholesale trade (1)                             0.5           0.5                       30             33

      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.4                      -85             65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.0           0.5                        1             28

    Information (1)                                   1.2           0.8         YES           33             24         YES

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.6                        3             51

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.7                       -3             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.2           1.0                        6             21

    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.6                     -119            106         YES

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.3                       28             61

      Educational services (1)                       -0.6           0.4         YES          -26             15         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.3                       54             60

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.5                       42             71

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           0.9                        7             18

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       35             65

    Other services (1)                               -0.3           0.9                      -19             50

  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       10             38

    Federal (1)                                       0.4           0.4                       13             11         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -3             33

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        5             15

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -8             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -14             86

    South                                            -0.2           0.3                     -117            140

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.3                      -77             81

    West                                              0.1           0.3                       41            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, February 6, 2018.

  *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.