TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2021 and March 2022,

         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                                      1.5          0.2         YES          3066          376         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.7          0.3         YES          2846          365         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.1          1.2         YES            16            8         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          1.0                        69           78

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.4         YES           111           57         YES

      Durable goods                                1.4          0.5         YES           136           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.7                       -25           37

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.0          0.5         YES           391          152         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                        20           44

      Retail trade                                 1.8          0.7         YES           362          124         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.9                        10           61

    Information                                    2.5          0.9         YES            86           29         YES

    Financial activities                           1.8          0.7         YES           181           70         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.5          0.9         YES           108           61         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.7          1.1         YES            73           26         YES

    Professional and business services             1.8          1.0         YES           569          218         YES

    Education and health services                  2.4          0.4         YES           706          112         YES

      Educational services                         1.9          0.6         YES            89           22         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.5          0.5         YES           617          109         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.1          0.6         YES           574          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.1                        62           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              2.4          0.7         YES           513           95         YES

    Other services                                 2.1          1.1         YES           143           69         YES

  Government                                       0.8          0.3         YES           220           64         YES

    Federal                                        0.5          0.5                        17           15         YES

    State and local                                0.9          0.3         YES           203           62         YES

      State and local education                    0.5          0.2         YES            59           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.5          0.6         YES           144           56         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.9          0.5         YES           317          138         YES

    South                                          1.7          0.4         YES          1276          213         YES

    Midwest                                        1.5          0.5         YES           663          161         YES

    West                                           1.9          0.4         YES           809          167         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 3, 2022.

  *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.