TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2017 and April 2018,

         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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           684          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           643          229         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.5          0.9                        -1            7

    Construction                                  -0.1          0.6                        -1           45

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            78           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.8          0.3         YES            69           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         9           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.3         YES           224           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.6                       -15           36

      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.4         YES           141           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.4          0.6         YES            96           30         YES

    Information                                    2.1          0.8         YES            65           25         YES

    Financial activities                          -1.4          0.6         YES          -124           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.6          0.7         YES          -105           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.1                       -19           25

    Professional and business services             1.0          0.7         YES           263          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           125           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        18           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       106           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.5         YES           135           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.2          1.0         YES            31           21         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.6                       103           74         YES

    Other services                                -1.9          0.9         YES          -120           53         YES

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        42           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.4                         1           12

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        41           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        17           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        24           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        48           91

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       120          154

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.3         YES           239           85         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           277          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 5, 2018.

  *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.