TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2017 and July 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           811          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           711          229         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.9                         2            7

    Construction                                   0.1          0.6                        18           45

    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.3         YES           115           36         YES

      Durable goods                                1.1          0.3         YES           103           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        13           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           162           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        24           36

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            95           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.6                        43           30         YES

    Information                                    1.2          0.8         YES            36           25         YES

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        19           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.7                        22           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.1                        -2           25

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.7                       176          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        96           70         YES

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.5         YES           -27           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES           123           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.5         YES           187           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.0                        16           21

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           171           74         YES

    Other services                                -1.7          0.9         YES          -102           53         YES

  Government                                       0.5          0.2         YES           100           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.4                         6           12

    State and local                                0.5          0.2         YES            93           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            37           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.3         YES            57           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        70           91

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           325          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.7          0.3         YES           277           85         YES

    West                                           0.3          0.3                       140          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 11, 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.