TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2014 and March 2015,

         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                                              0.4          0.2         YES           744          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           677          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.3          0.9         YES           -12            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          0.6                        24           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            50           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            38           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        11           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        85           88

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        33           37

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.4                        -8           65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.5         YES            61           28         YES

    Information                                    0.0          0.8                         3           26

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        34           54

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.7                        -7           44

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.8          1.2         YES            41           26         YES

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.6         YES           203          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           125           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.6          0.5         YES            21           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       103           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                       111           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.4          1.0         YES            31           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.6                        80           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.9          0.9                        55           51         YES

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            67           37         YES

      Federal                                     -0.2          0.4                        -5           11

      State and local                              0.4          0.2         YES            72           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                       108           86         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       151          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.7          0.3         YES           259           81         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           227          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 12, 2015.

  *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.