TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2012 and January 2013,

         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                                              0.1          0.2                       292          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       243          221         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.6          0.9         YES           -13            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.4          0.6                        22           39            

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                        -8           34            

      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.3         YES           -26           25         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        19           18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.3         YES           161           90         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -4           35            

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.4         YES           148           70         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.6                        18           30            

    Information                                    0.7          0.9                        20           28            

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                        -6           53            

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                         6           43            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          1.1                       -13           24            

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.6                         1          111            

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -41           65            

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        13           15            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -54           63            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                         5           68            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.0                       -11           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.5                        16           62            

    Other services                                 1.7          1.1         YES           103           61         YES

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        48           38         YES

      Federal                                      0.5          0.4         YES            15           12         YES

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        32           35            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        91           87         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        58          143            

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.2                        10           81            

    West                                           0.4          0.3         YES           133          106         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 12, 2013.

  *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.