TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2017 and January 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                                      0.5          0.2         YES           860          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           772          229         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          0.9                        -2            7

    Construction                                   1.2          0.6         YES            91           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            62           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.9          0.3         YES            82           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -20           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.1          0.3         YES           309           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        32           36

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.4         YES           157           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.8          0.6         YES           118           30         YES

    Information                                    1.5          0.8         YES            44           25         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -37           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                        14           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -2.3          1.1         YES           -52           25         YES

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.7                       155          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        29           70

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            36           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        -6           67

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.5         YES           150           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.0                         2           21

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           146           74         YES

    Other services                                -0.5          0.9                       -27           53

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES            88           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.4          0.4                        11           12

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            78           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            35           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.3         YES            44           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        33           91

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       200          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.8          0.3         YES           320           85         YES

    West                                           0.8          0.3         YES           307          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 16, 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.