TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2021 and February 2022,

         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                                      1.7          0.2         YES          3309          376         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.8          0.3         YES          2966          365         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.0          1.2         YES            14            8         YES

    Construction                                   1.5          1.0         YES           125           78         YES

    Manufacturing                                  1.5          0.4         YES           225           57         YES

      Durable goods                                2.0          0.5         YES           180           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.7                        45           37         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.0          0.5         YES           374          152         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.3          0.7         YES            85           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.1          0.7         YES           205          124         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.9                        84           61         YES

    Information                                    2.6          0.9         YES            93           29         YES

    Financial activities                           1.4          0.7         YES           142           70         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.9          0.9                        67           61         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.9          1.1         YES            75           26         YES

    Professional and business services             2.0          1.0         YES           592          218         YES

    Education and health services                  1.9          0.4         YES           599          112         YES

      Educational services                         1.8          0.6         YES            84           22         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.0          0.5         YES           514          109         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.9          0.6         YES           671          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.1                        58           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              3.2          0.7         YES           612           95         YES

    Other services                                 1.8          1.1         YES           130           69         YES

  Government                                       1.4          0.3         YES           343           64         YES

    Federal                                        1.5          0.5         YES            45           15         YES

    State and local                                1.4          0.3         YES           298           62         YES

      State and local education                    1.2          0.2         YES           153           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.5          0.6         YES           144           56         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      1.7          0.5         YES           548          138         YES

    South                                          1.6          0.4         YES          1146          213         YES

    Midwest                                        1.7          0.5         YES           713          161         YES

    West                                           2.1          0.4         YES           901          167         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 29, 2022.

  *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.