TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2015 and July 2015,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                         change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm (1)                                  0.3           0.2         YES          430            213         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private (2)                                0.3           0.2         YES          407            210         YES

    Construction                                   0.0           0.6                        0             41

    Manufacturing                                  0.2           0.2                       32             31         YES

      Durable goods                                0.0           0.3                        5             23

      Nondurable goods                             0.5           0.3         YES           27             17         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities (3)       0.2           0.3                       73             81

      Retail trade                                 0.5           0.4         YES           77             60         YES

    Professional and business services             0.5           0.6                      122            104         YES

    Education and health services (4)              0.1           0.3                       28             58

      Health care and social assistance            0.1           0.3                       18             56

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4           0.5                       69             71

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6           0.9                      -13             18

      Accommodation and food services              0.6           0.5         YES           82             65         YES

  Government (5)                                   0.1           0.2                       23             34

      State and local                              0.1           0.2                       21             31



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5           0.3         YES          154             83         YES

    South                                          0.2           0.3                      141            131         YES

    Midwest                                        0.1           0.2                       35             76

    West                                           0.3           0.3                      100            104



  (1) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because not all series are shown.

  (2) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

  (3) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

  (4) Includes educational services, not shown separately.

  (5) Includes federal government, not shown separately.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 2015.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.