TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2014 and September 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                                      0.5          0.2         YES           853          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           817          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.5          0.9         YES           -16            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                         3           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        26           36

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        17           28

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        10           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.3         YES           240           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.6         YES            43           37         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.0          0.4         YES           184           65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.5                        13           28

    Information                                    0.7          0.8                        22           26

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        18           54

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        30           44

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          1.2                       -13           26

    Professional and business services             1.3          0.6         YES           311          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           177           66         YES

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.5                       -14           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.8          0.4         YES           191           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                        22           77

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

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.6                        28           71

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        17           51

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        36           37

      Federal                                     -0.2          0.4                        -4           11

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        39           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                       102           86         YES

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           283          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.3         YES           208           81         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           259          102         YES



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