TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2014 and October 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 nonfarm                                      0.3          0.2         YES           506          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           441          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.6          0.9         YES           -17            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          0.6                       -19           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        11           36

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -6           28

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        18           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           180           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        20           37

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.4         YES           141           65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.5                        20           28

    Information                                    0.6          0.8                        20           26

    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.6         YES           -58           54         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.7         YES           -55           44         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.2                        -2           26

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.6                        84          114

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.3         YES           231           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         6           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.9          0.4         YES           225           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                         7           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.0                        -6           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                        14           71

    Other services                                 0.0          0.9                         1           51

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        65           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.6          0.4         YES            15           11         YES

      State and local                              0.3          0.2         YES            51           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           135           86         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       175          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.3         YES           233           81         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -37          102



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 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.