TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and March 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                                      1.7          0.2         YES          2503          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.9          0.2         YES          2349          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.6          1.2         YES            16            9         YES

    Construction                                   1.7          0.9         YES           131           70         YES

    Manufacturing                                  3.2          0.4         YES           406           51         YES

      Durable goods                                2.5          0.4         YES           198           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             4.0          0.7         YES           207           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.6          0.5         YES           470          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.8          0.7         YES           104           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 2.2          0.7         YES           342          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.9                        25           55

    Information                                   -0.3          0.9                       -19           27

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.7                        14           63

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.8                        15           53

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.1                        -1           25

    Professional and business services             1.6          0.8         YES           347          162         YES

    Education and health services                  1.3          0.4         YES           307          101         YES

      Educational services                         1.6          0.6         YES            56           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            1.2          0.4         YES           251           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        4.3          0.6         YES           570          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          6.2          1.2         YES            89           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.1          0.7         YES           481           96         YES

    Other services                                 1.9          1.0         YES           105           60         YES

  Government                                       0.8          0.2         YES           155           57         YES

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.5                       -12           14

    State and local                                1.0          0.3         YES           166           56         YES

      State and local education                    1.5          0.2         YES           145           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.5                        21           48



           REGION



    Northeast                                      1.9          0.4         YES           488          125         YES

    South                                          1.8          0.3         YES           938          191         YES

    Midwest                                        1.9          0.4         YES           583          152         YES

    West                                           1.5          0.4         YES           495          143         YES



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