TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2021 and January 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                                      2.1          0.2         YES          3963          376         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.3          0.3         YES          3677          365         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.2                         5            8

    Construction                                   1.0          1.0                        81           78         YES

    Manufacturing                                  2.3          0.4         YES           332           57         YES

      Durable goods                                2.3          0.5         YES           211           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                             2.1          0.7         YES           121           37         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.3          0.5         YES           445          152         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.9          0.7         YES           123           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.2          0.7         YES           228          124         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.9                        94           61         YES

    Information                                    2.0          0.9         YES            76           29         YES

    Financial activities                           2.6          0.7         YES           262           70         YES

      Finance and insurance                        2.9          0.9         YES           213           61         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.7          1.1         YES            48           26         YES

    Professional and business services             2.1          1.0         YES           614          218         YES

    Education and health services                  2.9          0.4         YES           823          112         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.6                        31           22         YES

      Health care and social assistance            3.3          0.5         YES           792          109         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        3.8          0.6         YES           779          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.8          1.1         YES            91           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.0          0.7         YES           688           95         YES

    Other services                                 3.8          1.1         YES           257           69         YES

  Government                                       1.2          0.3         YES           286           64         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.5                         4           15

    State and local                                1.3          0.3         YES           282           62         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        39           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         2.5          0.6         YES           242           56         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.9          0.5         YES           915          138         YES

    South                                          1.6          0.4         YES          1165          213         YES

    Midwest                                        2.5          0.5         YES           957          161         YES

    West                                           2.2          0.4         YES           925          167         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 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.