TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2015 and December 2015,

         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 (1)                                  0.2           0.2                      261            213         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private (2)                                0.2           0.2                      245            210         YES

    Construction                                   1.0           0.6         YES           69             41         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.7           0.2         YES           86             31         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3           0.3                       26             23         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.2           0.3         YES           60             17         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities (3)       0.2           0.3                       49             81

      Retail trade                                 0.4           0.4                       56             60

    Professional and business services            -0.3           0.6                      -47            104

    Education and health services (4)             -0.1           0.3                       -9             58

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1           0.3                      -11             56

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2           0.5                      -30             71

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4           0.9                        7             18

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3           0.5                      -37             65

  Government (5)                                   0.1           0.2                       16             34

    State and local                                0.0           0.2                       11             31



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1           0.3                       26             83

    South                                         -0.1           0.3                      -55            131

    Midwest                                        0.1           0.2                       58             76

    West                                           0.7           0.3         YES          234            104         YES



  (1) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because not all series are shown.

  (2) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

  (3) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

  (4) Includes educational services, not shown separately.

  (5) Includes federal government, not shown separately.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 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.