TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2016 and November 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                                      0.2          0.2                       282          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       339          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.9                         6            7

    Construction                                   0.4          0.6                        32           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            59           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.3         YES            45           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        14           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        42           90

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.6                       -36           36

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.4         YES           106           68         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.6                       -28           29

    Information                                    0.2          0.8                         5           25

    Financial activities                           0.6          0.6                        61           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.7                        45           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.2                        16           25

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        37          122

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -47           69

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         8           15

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.4                       -55           66

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                       102           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.2          1.0         YES           -26           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.6         YES           128           75         YES

    Other services                                 0.7          0.9                        40           53

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -57           38         YES

    Federal                                       -0.5          0.4         YES           -16           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -41           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        17           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.3         YES           -59           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        82           90

    South                                          0.0          0.3                        58          151

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.3         YES           192           83         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -50          105



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 9, 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.