TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2016 and May 2016,

         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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -345            224         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -353            221         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.7           0.8                       -5              6

    Construction (1)                                 -0.1           0.6                       -5             42

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.2         YES          -44             32         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.3           0.3                      -23             23

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.5           0.3         YES          -22             17         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.3         YES         -116             81         YES

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -1.6           0.5         YES         -104             31         YES

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                        5             65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.3           0.5                      -16             28

    Information (1)                                   0.0           0.8                        0             24

    Financial activities                             -0.9           0.6         YES          -80             51         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.7                      -27             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -2.3           1.0         YES          -53             21         YES

    Professional and business services                0.2           0.6                       60            105

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -32             60

      Educational services (1)                       -0.9           0.4         YES          -32             14         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.3                       -1             59

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.5                      -33             70

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           0.9                        1             18

      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.5                      -34             64

    Other services (1)                               -1.6           0.9         YES          -98             49         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        8             37

    Federal (1)                                       0.4           0.4                       10             11

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -2             32

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                        5             15

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                       -7             26



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.3                       23             84

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -152            137         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.3         YES         -120             80         YES

    West                                             -0.3           0.3                      -95            101



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 12, 2016.

  *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.