TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2020 and August 2021,

         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                                      2.3          0.2         YES          4088          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.6          0.2         YES          3999          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.8          1.2         YES            21            9         YES

    Construction                                   1.1          0.9         YES            94           70         YES

    Manufacturing                                  2.8          0.4         YES           406           51         YES

      Durable goods                                2.6          0.4         YES           235           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             3.0          0.7         YES           170           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           2.5          0.5         YES           824          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.1          0.7         YES            75           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 2.7          0.7         YES           482          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   3.5          0.9         YES           265           55         YES

    Information                                    2.5          0.9         YES            79           27         YES

    Financial activities                           2.0          0.7         YES           196           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.3          0.8         YES            98           53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           3.7          1.1         YES            98           25         YES

    Professional and business services             2.5          0.8         YES           664          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.0          0.4         YES           559          101         YES

      Educational services                         2.2          0.6         YES            82           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.0          0.4         YES           477           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        4.2          0.6         YES           913          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          4.0          1.2         YES           129           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.2          0.7         YES           784           96         YES

    Other services                                 3.4          1.0         YES           243           60         YES

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES            89           57         YES

    Federal                                        1.2          0.5         YES            28           14         YES

    State and local                                0.3          0.3                        61           56         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            38           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.5                        23           48



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.5          0.4         YES           770          125         YES

    South                                          2.4          0.3         YES          1569          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.0          0.4         YES           776          152         YES

    West                                           2.3          0.4         YES           975          143         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2021.

  *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.