TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2016 and October 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                       410          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       361          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          0.9         YES             9            7         YES

    Construction                                   0.4          0.6                        31           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            88           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            56           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.4         YES            32           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         1           90

      Wholesale trade                             -0.9          0.6         YES           -56           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        17           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.6                        40           29         YES

    Information                                    0.3          0.8                         7           25

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.6                        49           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                         7           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.6          1.2         YES            42           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.7                        -1          122

    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                       -38           69

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.5                        -7           15

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -31           66

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.5         YES           126           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.0                       -20           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.9          0.6         YES           145           75         YES

    Other services                                 1.4          0.9         YES            90           53         YES

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        48           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.4          0.4                        12           12

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        37           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            37           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                        -1           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                        -8           90

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        86          151

    Midwest                                        0.7          0.3         YES           289           83         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        43          105



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