TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2017 and June 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                      461            228         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.3           0.2         YES          417            224         YES

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

    Construction (1)                                  0.9           0.6         YES           62             43         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.2         YES           38             34         YES

      Durable goods (1)                               0.2           0.3                       13             24

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.5           0.3         YES           25             18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.3                       41             82

      Wholesale trade (1)                             0.6           0.5         YES           36             33         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.4                      -42             65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.8           0.5         YES           47             28         YES

    Information (1)                                  -0.2           0.8                       -7             24

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.6                       25             51

      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.7                       31             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.3           1.0                       -5             21

    Professional and business services                0.8           0.6         YES          179            106         YES

    Education and health services                     0.4           0.3         YES          113             61         YES

      Educational services (1)                       -0.4           0.4                      -12             15

      Health care and social assistance               0.6           0.3         YES          125             60         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.5                       21             71

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.6           0.9         YES           38             18         YES

      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.5                      -17             65

    Other services (1)                               -1.0           0.9         YES          -62             50         YES

  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       44             38         YES

    Federal (1)                                      -0.3           0.4                      -10             11

    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       53             33         YES

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                        9             15

      State and local, excluding education            0.4           0.3         YES           44             28         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.3                        0             86

    South                                             0.3           0.3                      137            140

    Midwest                                           0.6           0.3         YES          192             81         YES

    West                                              0.4           0.3         YES          131            103         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, August 8, 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.