TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2020 and May 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                                      2.2          0.2         YES          4064          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.4          0.2         YES          3742          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.0          1.2         YES            13            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.9                        20           70

    Manufacturing                                  3.8          0.4         YES           531           51         YES

      Durable goods                                3.4          0.4         YES           295           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             4.5          0.7         YES           236           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.9          0.5         YES           654          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              2.4          0.7         YES           151           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.7          0.7         YES           349          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.9          0.9         YES           152           55         YES

    Information                                    1.8          0.9         YES            56           27         YES

    Financial activities                           0.7          0.7                        69           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.8                        40           53

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.0          1.1                        29           25         YES

    Professional and business services             2.4          0.8         YES           621          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.6          0.4         YES           736          101         YES

      Educational services                         2.2          0.6         YES            91           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.6          0.4         YES           645           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.5          0.6         YES           765          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.2                        67           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              3.0          0.7         YES           698           96         YES

    Other services                                 3.8          1.0         YES           278           60         YES

  Government                                       1.3          0.2         YES           323           57         YES

    Federal                                        1.7          0.5         YES            54           14         YES

    State and local                                1.2          0.3         YES           268           56         YES

      State and local education                    1.5          0.2         YES           170           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.9          0.5         YES            98           48         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.3          0.4         YES           779          125         YES

    South                                          2.3          0.3         YES          1550          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.2          0.4         YES           890          152         YES

    West                                           1.9          0.4         YES           846          143         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 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.