TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2020 and October 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                                      2.3          0.2         YES          4227          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.6          0.2         YES          4025          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.9          1.2         YES            15            9         YES

    Construction                                   1.9          0.9         YES           168           70         YES

    Manufacturing                                  3.2          0.4         YES           470           51         YES

      Durable goods                                3.1          0.4         YES           285           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             3.3          0.7         YES           186           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           2.5          0.5         YES           824          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              2.4          0.7         YES           153           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.7          0.7         YES           334          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   4.3          0.9         YES           336           55         YES

    Information                                    2.0          0.9         YES            70           27         YES

    Financial activities                           1.6          0.7         YES           156           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.5          0.8         YES           105           53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.8          1.1         YES            51           25         YES

    Professional and business services             2.1          0.8         YES           592          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.2          0.4         YES           658          101         YES

      Educational services                         1.3          0.6         YES            60           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.5          0.4         YES           597           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        4.2          0.6         YES           897          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.2          1.2         YES            76           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.6          0.7         YES           820           96         YES

    Other services                                 2.4          1.0         YES           176           60         YES

  Government                                       0.8          0.2         YES           201           57         YES

    Federal                                        1.4          0.5         YES            40           14         YES

    State and local                                0.8          0.3         YES           161           56         YES

      State and local education                    0.4          0.2         YES            52           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.1          0.5         YES           108           48         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      1.8          0.4         YES           589          125         YES

    South                                          2.5          0.3         YES          1694          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.7          0.4         YES          1048          152         YES

    West                                           2.1          0.4         YES           895          143         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 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.