TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2016 and August 2016,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -388            224         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -348            221         YES

    Mining and logging (1)                           -0.1           0.8                       -2              6

    Construction (1)                                 -0.6           0.6                      -41             42

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.2         YES          -42             32         YES

      Durable goods (1)                              -0.3           0.3                      -29             23         YES

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.3           0.3                      -13             17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -50             81

      Wholesale trade (1)                            -0.5           0.5                      -30             31

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.4                      -10             65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.2           0.5                      -10             28

    Information (1)                                   0.4           0.8                       11             24

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.6                        7             51

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.7                        8             43

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.1           1.0                       -2             21

    Professional and business services               -1.0           0.6         YES         -223            105         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -28             60

      Educational services (1)                       -0.4           0.4                      -17             14         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.3                      -12             59

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.5                       13             70

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.1           0.9         YES          -28             18         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       40             64

    Other services (1)                                0.1           0.9                        8             49

  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -39             37         YES

    Federal (1)                                       0.0           0.4                       -1             11

    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -39             32         YES

      State and local education                      -0.2           0.1         YES          -18             15         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.3                      -19             26



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -45             84

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -145            137         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.3         YES         -115             80         YES

    West                                             -0.3           0.3                      -83            101



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2016.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.