TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2016 and August 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                                      0.4          0.2         YES           619          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           619          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.4          0.9         YES            12            7         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            63           44         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            58           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.3         YES            53           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         5           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           115           90         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        34           36

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        49           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.6                        32           29         YES

    Information                                    0.8          0.8                        20           25

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        28           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.7                        19           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.2                        10           25

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        37          122

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           149           69         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         4           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           145           66         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                        97           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.0                        -1           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.6                        99           75         YES

    Other services                                 0.6          0.9                        40           53

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         1           38

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.4                       -13           12         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        13           35

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -4           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        17           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                       111           90         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       171          151         YES

    Midwest                                        0.9          0.3         YES           329           83         YES

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        10          105



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 11, 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.