TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2012 and September 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                                              0.2          0.2                       331          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       335          221         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.9                         0            6            

    Construction                                   0.5          0.6                        32           39            

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        10           34            

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        31           25         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -20           18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           125           90         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -3           35            

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        81           70         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.6         YES            47           30         YES

    Information                                   -0.3          0.9                       -10           28            

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.6                       -23           53            

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         0           43            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.2          1.1         YES           -23           24            

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.6                        49          111            

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        20           65            

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        13           15            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                         7           63            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.5         YES           106           68         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.0                         0           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.5         YES           106           62         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          1.1                        26           61            

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -4           38            

      Federal                                     -0.8          0.4         YES           -23           12         YES

      State and local                              0.1          0.2                        19           35            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        46           87            

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       132          143            

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.2                        95           81         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        58          106            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 22, 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.