TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2020 and July 2021,

         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                                      2.5          0.2         YES          4463          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.6          0.2         YES          4180          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             3.4          1.2         YES            25            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.1          0.9                        19           70

    Manufacturing                                  3.5          0.4         YES           506           51         YES

      Durable goods                                3.1          0.4         YES           261           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             4.4          0.7         YES           245           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.9          0.5         YES           637          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.3          0.7         YES            89           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.7          0.7         YES           341          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   2.6          0.9         YES           205           55         YES

    Information                                    2.9          0.9         YES            94           27         YES

    Financial activities                           2.4          0.7         YES           249           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.9          0.8         YES           135           53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           4.2          1.1         YES           113           25         YES

    Professional and business services             2.4          0.8         YES           666          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.8          0.4         YES           785          101         YES

      Educational services                         2.8          0.6         YES           108           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.7          0.4         YES           676           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        4.6          0.6         YES          1042          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          4.5          1.2         YES           147           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.7          0.7         YES           895           96         YES

    Other services                                 2.0          1.0         YES           157           60         YES

  Government                                       1.2          0.2         YES           283           57         YES

    Federal                                       -5.0          0.5         YES          -170           14         YES

    State and local                                2.2          0.3         YES           453           56         YES

      State and local education                    3.4          0.2         YES           333           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.2          0.5         YES           119           48         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.7          0.4         YES           884          125         YES

    South                                          2.5          0.3         YES          1692          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.0          0.4         YES           809          152         YES

    West                                           2.5          0.4         YES          1078          143         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 8, 2021.

  *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.