TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2017 and May 2018,

         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                                      0.6          0.2         YES           975          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           887          229         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.8          0.9         YES            16            7         YES

    Construction                                   0.6          0.6                        60           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            87           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            70           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        17           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.0          0.3         YES           314           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        14           36

      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.4         YES           146           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   2.4          0.6         YES           155           30         YES

    Information                                    0.9          0.8         YES            28           25         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -17           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.7                       -26           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.1                         8           25

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.7         YES           224          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           115           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         5           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       110           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.5                        90           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          1.0         YES            31           21         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        59           74

    Other services                                -0.6          0.9                       -32           53

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES            89           38         YES

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.4                       -12           12

    State and local                                0.5          0.2         YES           101           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            28           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.8          0.3         YES            73           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        49           91

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           369          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.9          0.3         YES           337           85         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           220          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 10, 2018.

  *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.