TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and September 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                       438          231         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           444          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.9                         6            7

    Construction                                  -0.6          0.6                       -41           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.3         YES            99           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            58           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.4         YES            41           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        80           90

      Wholesale trade                              0.8          0.6         YES            53           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                       -16           68

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.6         YES            44           29         YES

    Information                                    0.4          0.8                         7           25

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                         1           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.7                        22           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.2                       -20           25

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.7                        94          122

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        88           69         YES

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.5                       -10           15

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.4                        98           66         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                        14           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.0                        15           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                         0           75

    Other services                                 1.5          0.9         YES            95           53         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -5           38

    Federal                                       -0.7          0.4         YES           -21           12         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        16           35

      State and local education                    0.4          0.2         YES            37           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.3                       -21           30



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        61           90

    South                                          0.0          0.3                        75          151

    Midwest                                        0.8          0.3         YES           314           83         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -11          105



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 7, 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.