TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and August 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                                      0.7          0.2         YES          1127          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           972          229         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.0          0.9                         2            7

    Construction                                   0.9          0.6         YES            83           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            72           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.3         YES            57           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        16           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           165           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.6                        39           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.4         YES           108           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.6                        17           30

    Information                                    0.9          0.8         YES            27           25         YES

    Financial activities                           1.0          0.6         YES           103           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.2          0.7         YES            83           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.1                        18           25

    Professional and business services             1.1          0.7         YES           301          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        79           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        20           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        59           67

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.5         YES           158           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.0                         1           21

      Accommodation and food services              0.9          0.6         YES           157           74         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          0.9                       -17           53

  Government                                       0.7          0.2         YES           155           38         YES

    Federal                                        1.4          0.4         YES            42           12         YES

    State and local                                0.6          0.2         YES           113           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.5          0.2         YES            49           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.6          0.3         YES            65           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                       107           91         YES

    South                                          0.9          0.3         YES           582          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.3         YES           209           85         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           229          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 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.