TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2016 and March 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                      -143          231



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                      -168          227

    Mining and logging                             0.5          0.9                         4            7

    Construction                                  -0.6          0.6                       -37           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            52           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            54           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -2           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -62           90

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         6           36

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.4                       -55           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.6                       -14           29

    Information                                    0.1          0.8                         2           25

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        20           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.7                        16           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         4           25

    Professional and business services            -1.0          0.7         YES          -173          122         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        78           69         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                        -2           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.4                        80           66         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.5         YES           -91           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.0                       -23           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.6                       -68           75

    Other services                                 0.5          0.9                        35           53

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        26           38

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.4                       -11           12

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        37           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        14           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        22           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           138           90         YES

    South                                         -0.4          0.3         YES          -177          151         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        22           83

    West                                          -0.4          0.3         YES          -127          105         YES



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