TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2017 and July 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                                         0.0           0.2                       54            228



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      112            224

    Mining and logging (1)                            1.0           0.8         YES            8              6         YES

    Construction (1)                                  0.2           0.6                       20             43

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.2         YES          -29             34

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.3           0.3                      -21             24

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.2           0.3                       -8             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.3                       52             82

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.4           0.5                      -27             33

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.4                       10             65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  1.2           0.5         YES           70             28         YES

    Information (1)                                   0.4           0.8                       11             24

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.6                        1             51

      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.7                      -15             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.7           1.0                       16             21

    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.6                      -55            106

    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.3                      -47             61

      Educational services (1)                        0.6           0.4         YES           26             15         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.3                      -72             60         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.5                       39             71

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           0.9                       -2             18

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       40             65

    Other services (1)                                1.7           0.9         YES          111             50         YES

  Government                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -58             38         YES

    Federal (1)                                      -0.7           0.4         YES          -21             11         YES

    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -38             33         YES

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        8             15

      State and local, excluding education           -0.5           0.3         YES          -46             28         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.2           0.3                       69             86

    South                                             0.0           0.3                        6            140

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.3                      -54             81

    West                                              0.1           0.3                       33            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, September 12, 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.