TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and June 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                                      2.4          0.2         YES          4304          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.5          0.2         YES          3952          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.0          1.2                         8            9

    Construction                                   1.1          0.9         YES           105           70         YES

    Manufacturing                                  3.8          0.4         YES           517           51         YES

      Durable goods                                3.7          0.4         YES           314           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             3.7          0.7         YES           203           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           2.5          0.5         YES           822          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.9          0.7         YES           123           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 2.9          0.7         YES           530          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   2.1          0.9         YES           169           55         YES

    Information                                    2.1          0.9         YES            69           27         YES

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.7                        18           63

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.8                         3           53

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.1                        15           25

    Professional and business services             3.1          0.8         YES           796          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.4          0.4         YES           655          101         YES

      Educational services                         2.6          0.6         YES            97           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.3          0.4         YES           558           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        3.3          0.6         YES           798          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.3          1.2         YES           104           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              3.4          0.7         YES           695           96         YES

    Other services                                 2.2          1.0         YES           163           60         YES

  Government                                       1.4          0.2         YES           353           57         YES

    Federal                                        0.4          0.5                        14           14

    State and local                                1.6          0.3         YES           339           56         YES

      State and local education                    3.0          0.2         YES           324           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.5                        14           48



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.2          0.4         YES           712          125         YES

    South                                          2.5          0.3         YES          1662          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.4          0.4         YES           925          152         YES

    West                                           2.4          0.4         YES          1007          143         YES



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