TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and September 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                        3            228



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                      -21            224

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.1           0.8                       -1              6

    Construction (1)                                 -0.4           0.6                      -34             43

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -10             34

      Durable goods (1)                               0.1           0.3                        7             24

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.3           0.3                      -17             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -32             82

      Wholesale trade (1)                             0.2           0.5                       15             33

      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.4                      -27             65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.3           0.5                      -20             28

    Information (1)                                  -1.0           0.8         YES          -28             24         YES

    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.6                       -2             51

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.7                       13             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.7           1.0                      -15             21

    Professional and business services                0.7           0.6         YES          156            106         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -19             61

      Educational services (1)                       -0.2           0.4                       -6             15

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.3                      -13             60

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.5                     -102             71         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.4           0.9                       10             18

      Accommodation and food services                -0.7           0.5         YES         -111             65         YES

    Other services (1)                                0.8           0.9                       52             50         YES

  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       24             38

    Federal (1)                                       0.5           0.4         YES           15             11         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        9             33

      State and local education                       0.3           0.1         YES           36             15         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.3           0.3                      -27             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -20             86

    South                                             0.1           0.3                       33            140

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.3                       18             81

    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -28            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, November 7, 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.