TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2013 and August 2014,

         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                                              0.6          0.2         YES           977          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.7          0.2         YES           899          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.9                         7            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                         5           41

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        18           35

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -13           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.4         YES            31           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           158           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        22           36

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.4         YES           117           66         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        18           28

    Information                                   -0.2          0.8                        -4           27

    Financial activities                           1.4          0.6         YES           123           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.6          0.7         YES           106           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.2                        17           26

    Professional and business services             0.7          0.6         YES           170          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           172           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         9           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.8          0.4         YES           164           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.6         YES           177           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.0                        -4           20

      Accommodation and food services              1.2          0.6         YES           181           71         YES

    Other services                                 1.3          0.9         YES            74           51         YES

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES            79           37         YES

      Federal                                      1.1          0.4         YES            30           11         YES

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        49           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           127           85         YES

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           405          146         YES

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.2         YES           188           80         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           258          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 7, 2014.

  *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.