TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2020 and September 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                                      2.1          0.2         YES          3858          326         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    2.5          0.2         YES          3751          313         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.4          1.2         YES            19            9         YES

    Construction                                   1.1          0.9         YES            95           70         YES

    Manufacturing                                  2.8          0.4         YES           405           51         YES

      Durable goods                                3.0          0.4         YES           262           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             2.6          0.7         YES           142           35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           2.8          0.5         YES           911          139         YES

      Wholesale trade                              2.4          0.7         YES           154           44         YES

      Retail trade                                 2.5          0.7         YES           440          113         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   4.0          0.9         YES           317           55         YES

    Information                                    3.6          0.9         YES           122           27         YES

    Financial activities                           1.1          0.7         YES           112           63         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.9          0.8         YES            65           53         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.8          1.1         YES            48           25         YES

    Professional and business services             2.1          0.8         YES           565          162         YES

    Education and health services                  2.4          0.4         YES           671          101         YES

      Educational services                         0.6          0.6                        28           21         YES

      Health care and social assistance            2.7          0.4         YES           642           98         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        3.5          0.6         YES           748          102         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          4.0          1.2         YES           117           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services              3.5          0.7         YES           631           96         YES

    Other services                                 1.4          1.0         YES           105           60         YES

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES           107           57         YES

    Federal                                        1.5          0.5         YES            39           14         YES

    State and local                                0.3          0.3                        68           56         YES

      State and local education                   -0.7          0.2         YES           -70           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.4          0.5         YES           138           48         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      2.4          0.4         YES           744          125         YES

    South                                          2.0          0.3         YES          1351          191         YES

    Midwest                                        2.2          0.4         YES           860          152         YES

    West                                           2.2          0.4         YES           903          143         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 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.