TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2017 and January 2018,

         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          645            231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.5           0.2         YES          608            227         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                            0.1           0.8                        1              6

    Construction (1)                                  1.3           0.6         YES          101             43         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.4           0.3         YES           53             34         YES

      Durable goods (1)                               0.5           0.3         YES           45             25         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.1           0.3                        8             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.5           0.3         YES          148             84         YES

      Wholesale trade (1)                             0.4           0.5                       30             33

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                        4             66

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  1.8           0.6         YES          113             29         YES

    Information (1)                                   0.7           0.8                       21             24

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.6                       23             52

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.7                       14             44

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.4           1.0                        9             21

    Professional and business services                0.9           0.6         YES          215            106         YES

    Education and health services                     0.2           0.3                       45             67

      Educational services (1)                        0.9           0.4         YES           36             15         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.4                        9             64

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.5                      -13             72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           0.9                       -3             19

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                      -10             68

    Other services (1)                                0.2           0.9                       14             52

  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       37             39

    Federal (1)                                       0.6           0.4         YES           16             11         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       22             34

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                       11             15

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.3                       11             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       62             88

    South                                             0.3           0.3                      191            144         YES

    Midwest                                           0.6           0.3         YES          222             84         YES

    West                                              0.5           0.3         YES          170            102         YES



  (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, March 16, 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.