TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2017 and March 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                                      0.6          0.2         YES           993          233         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           881          229         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.9                         1            7

    Construction                                   0.9          0.6         YES            69           45         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                        -3           36

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            31           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.4         YES           -35           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.3         YES           252           92         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -4           36

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.4         YES           143           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.7          0.6         YES           114           30         YES

    Information                                    1.2          0.8         YES            36           25         YES

    Financial activities                           0.7          0.6         YES            64           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.7          0.7                        51           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.1                        12           25

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.7         YES           207          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           166           70         YES

      Educational services                         0.3          0.5                        16           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           150           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.5         YES           137           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.0                        10           21

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           127           74         YES

    Other services                                -0.8          0.9                       -47           53

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES           112           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.4                         2           12

    State and local                                0.5          0.2         YES           110           35         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            40           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.7          0.3         YES            70           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           138           91         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       217          154         YES

    Midwest                                        1.0          0.3         YES           365           85         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           274          107         YES



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