TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2016 and April 2017,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                      0.2          0.2                       420          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       361          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.5          0.9         YES            11            7         YES

    Construction                                   0.2          0.6                        19           44

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                        -5           35

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         6           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -10           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.3         YES          -105           90         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.7          0.6         YES           -39           36         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.4                       -30           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.6         YES           -36           29         YES

    Information                                    0.7          0.8                        19           25

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.6                        46           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.7                        50           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.2                        -5           25

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.7                       174          122         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        28           69

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.5                        -8           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        36           66

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                        94           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.0                       -18           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.6                       112           75         YES

    Other services                                 1.2          0.9         YES            82           53         YES

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            59           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.4                         3           12

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            54           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            33           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        21           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      1.0          0.3         YES           285           90         YES

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                        25          151

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.3         YES           225           83         YES

    West                                          -0.4          0.3         YES          -115          105         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 6, 2017.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.