TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2017 and May 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                     -301            228         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -283            224         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -1.6           0.8         YES          -12              6         YES

    Construction (1)                                 -0.6           0.6                      -46             43         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.2                      -22             34

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.1           0.3                       -8             24

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.3           0.3                      -14             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.3                        9             82

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.2           0.5                      -18             33

      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.4                       72             65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.8           0.5         YES          -45             28         YES

    Information (1)                                  -0.5           0.8                      -16             24

    Financial activities                             -0.6           0.6                      -56             51         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.7                      -33             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -1.0           1.0                      -23             21         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.6                      -57            106

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -32             61

      Educational services (1)                        0.5           0.4         YES           17             15         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.3                      -49             60

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.5                      -10             71

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           0.9                       -4             18

      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.5                       -6             65

    Other services (1)                               -0.7           0.9                      -42             50

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                      -18             38

    Federal (1)                                       0.2           0.4                        6             11

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -24             33

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.1                      -13             15

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                      -11             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.3                      -55             86

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -128            140

    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.3         YES         -123             81         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.3                        6            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, July 11, 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.