TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2017 and October 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                                      0.5          0.2         YES          1016          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           964          229         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          0.9                         1            7

    Construction                                   0.6          0.6                        59           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.3         YES           112           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.9          0.3         YES            84           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.4         YES            27           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.3         YES           247           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.2          0.6         YES            79           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.4         YES           144           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.6                        24           30

    Information                                    1.8          0.8         YES            53           25         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                         0           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                        -8           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.1                         8           25

    Professional and business services             0.4          0.7                       128          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.6          0.3         YES           177           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        10           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           166           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.0          0.5         YES           206           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.0                        -8           21

      Accommodation and food services              1.2          0.6         YES           213           74         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          0.9                       -19           53

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        51           38         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.4                        -7           12

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            58           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.5          0.2         YES            66           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -8           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           151           91         YES

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           435          154         YES

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.3         YES           201           85         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           228          107         YES



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