TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2016 and July 2017,

         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                                      0.1          0.2                       248          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       283          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.1          0.9         YES            17            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.6                        -6           44

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                        -4           35

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -20           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        17           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        43           90

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        34           36

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                         8           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.6                         1           29

    Information                                    1.1          0.8         YES            29           25         YES

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        30           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        34           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.2                        -4           25

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.7                      -138          122         YES

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        67           69

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        11           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        55           66

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.5         YES           121           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.0                       -16           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.6         YES           137           75         YES

    Other services                                 1.9          0.9         YES           126           53         YES

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -35           38

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.4                       -11           12

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -23           35

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         4           16

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.3                       -27           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           127           90         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        84          151

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        67           83

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -29          105



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 12, 2017.

  *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.