TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2016 and May 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                                      0.0          0.2                        74          231



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        73          227

    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.9                         2            7

    Construction                                  -0.5          0.6                       -33           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        -1           35

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        12           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -13           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                        29           90

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        38           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        47           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.6         YES           -57           29         YES

    Information                                    0.1          0.8                         3           25

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        30           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         4           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.2                        26           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.7         YES          -171          122         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                         8           69

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        14           15

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        -7           66

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.5                        89           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.0                       -15           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.6                       105           75         YES

    Other services                                 1.8          0.9         YES           117           53         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         1           38

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.4                        -2           12

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         2           35

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         8           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                        -5           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                       113           90         YES

    South                                          0.0          0.3                         2          151

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -16           83

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -25          105



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