TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and December 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                                      0.1          0.2                       243          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       199          227

    Mining and logging                             0.3          0.9                         4            7

    Construction                                   0.1          0.6                        18           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        22           35

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        34           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -12           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        81           90

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        25           36

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        64           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.6                        -8           29

    Information                                    1.1          0.8         YES            31           25         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -13           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                        -9           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.2                        -4           25

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.7                       -72          122

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                       -14           69

      Educational services                        -0.6          0.5         YES           -19           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                         5           66

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.5         YES           158           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.0                        -3           20

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           162           75         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          0.9                       -15           53

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        44           38         YES

    Federal                                       -0.8          0.4         YES           -26           12         YES

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            71           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        25           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.3         YES            47           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        12           90

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                        -1          151

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           151           83         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        81          105



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 6, 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.