TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and November 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                                      2.0          0.2         YES          3601          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.2          0.2         YES          3343          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.6          1.2         YES            19            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.9          0.9                        76           70         YES

    Manufacturing                                  2.2          0.4         YES           328           51         YES

      Durable goods                                3.0          0.4         YES           264           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.1          0.7         YES            64           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           2.2          0.5         YES           714          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              2.2          0.7         YES           145           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.5          0.7         YES           290          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   3.4          0.9         YES           278           55         YES

    Information                                    1.9          0.9         YES            64           27         YES

    Financial activities                           2.6          0.7         YES           255           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                        2.7          0.8         YES           192           53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.5          1.1         YES            64           25         YES

    Professional and business services             1.9          0.8         YES           527          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.2          0.4         YES           638          101         YES

      Educational services                         1.4          0.6         YES            65           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.4          0.4         YES           572           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.3          0.6         YES           535          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.9          1.2                        42           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              2.6          0.7         YES           494           96         YES

    Other services                                 2.7          1.0         YES           187           60         YES

  Government                                       1.0          0.2         YES           258           57         YES

    Federal                                        1.9          0.5         YES            61           14         YES

    State and local                                1.0          0.3         YES           198           56         YES

      State and local education                    0.7          0.2         YES            88           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.2          0.5         YES           108           48         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.2          0.4         YES           700          125         YES

    South                                          1.8          0.3         YES          1244          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.2          0.4         YES           829          152         YES

    West                                           2.0          0.4         YES           830          143         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 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.