TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2017 and December 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                                      1.0          0.2         YES          1666          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.1          0.2         YES          1562          229         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          0.9         YES            10            7         YES

    Construction                                   2.9          0.6         YES           233           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        54           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.3         YES            53           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         1           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.3         YES           256           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         3           36

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.4         YES           154           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.4          0.6         YES            98           30         YES

    Information                                    0.8          0.8                        26           25         YES

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        40           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.8          0.7         YES            53           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.1                       -13           25

    Professional and business services             1.9          0.7         YES           465          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           195           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        14           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           181           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.4          0.5         YES           259           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.4          1.0         YES            37           21         YES

      Accommodation and food services              1.3          0.6         YES           223           74         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        24           53

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES           104           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.4                         3           12

    State and local                                0.5          0.2         YES           101           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.5          0.2         YES            54           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.3         YES            48           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.8          0.3         YES           246           91         YES

    South                                          1.3          0.3         YES           797          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.9          0.3         YES           348           85         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           278          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 2019.

  *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.