TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2017 and February 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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           453          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       375          229         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.5          0.9                         6            7

    Construction                                   0.3          0.6                        27           45

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            74           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.8          0.3         YES            69           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         6           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.3         YES           217           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        12           36

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.4         YES           125           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.2          0.6         YES            80           30         YES

    Information                                    1.3          0.8         YES            35           25         YES

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.6                        49           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.7          0.7                        51           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.1                        -2           25

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.7                        60          116

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -35           70

      Educational services                        -1.3          0.5         YES           -48           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        13           67

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.5                       -22           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.0                       -18           21

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.6                        -4           74

    Other services                                -0.6          0.9                       -37           53

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            78           38         YES

    Federal                                       -0.9          0.4         YES           -26           12         YES

    State and local                                0.5          0.2         YES           104           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.5          0.2         YES            60           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.3         YES            44           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.3                       -66           91

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       209          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.3         YES           213           85         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        98          107



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 13, 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.