TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2014 and May 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                                              0.5          0.2         YES           791          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           712          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.6          0.9         YES           -16            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.1          0.6                        18           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        56           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        35           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        21           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.3         YES           248           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        23           37

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.4         YES           124           65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.6          0.5         YES           100           28         YES

    Information                                    0.1          0.8                         5           26

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        12           54

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         2           44

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.2                        11           26

    Professional and business services             1.0          0.6         YES           240          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.6          0.3         YES           165           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        20           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           145           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.5                       -22           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.0         YES           -24           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.6                         2           71

    Other services                                 0.1          0.9                         5           51

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            79           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.2          0.4                         4           11

      State and local                              0.3          0.2         YES            76           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        39           86

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           350          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           167           81         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           236          102         YES



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