TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2017 and June 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                                      0.2          0.2                       583          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           522          229         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.9                         3            7

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            61           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            71           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.8          0.3         YES            78           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -7           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.3         YES           240           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.6                       -14           36

      Retail trade                                 1.2          0.4         YES           204           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.6         YES            50           30         YES

    Information                                    0.7          0.8                        20           25

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        25           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.7                        -5           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.1                        30           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.7                        -5          116

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        93           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            32           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        61           67

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.5                        66           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.0                         6           21

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        61           74

    Other services                                -0.9          0.9                       -54           53         YES

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            61           38         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.4                        -4           12

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            65           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.4          0.2         YES            42           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        23           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                       109           91         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       244          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           156           85         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        74          107



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 7, 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.