TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2021 and April 2022,

         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                                      1.0          0.2         YES          2177          376         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.2          0.3         YES          2137          365         YES

    Mining and logging                             3.0          1.2         YES            23            8         YES

    Construction                                   1.5          1.0         YES           141           78         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.4         YES           130           57         YES

      Durable goods                                1.0          0.5         YES           106           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.7                        23           37

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.5                       174          152         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.7                        19           44

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.7                        66          124

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.9                        89           61         YES

    Information                                    3.5          0.9         YES           125           29         YES

    Financial activities                           1.1          0.7         YES           121           70         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.1          0.9         YES            81           61         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.2          1.1         YES            39           26         YES

    Professional and business services             1.6          1.0         YES           509          218         YES

    Education and health services                  1.5          0.4         YES           491          112         YES

      Educational services                         1.0          0.6         YES            55           22         YES

      Health care and social assistance            1.6          0.5         YES           437          109         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.6                       299          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.3          1.1         YES           -16           28

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.7         YES           315           95         YES

    Other services                                 1.6          1.1         YES           125           69         YES

  Government                                       0.1          0.3                        42           64

    Federal                                       -1.9          0.5         YES           -61           15         YES

    State and local                                0.4          0.3         YES           101           62         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        22           23

      State and local, excluding education         0.8          0.6         YES            80           56         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.5                       140          138         YES

    South                                          1.0          0.4         YES           853          213         YES

    Midwest                                        1.5          0.5         YES           664          161         YES

    West                                           1.0          0.4         YES           520          167         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 1, 2022.

  *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.