TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2013 and January 2014,

         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 (1)                                          0.0           0.2                       60            214            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private (2)                                0.0           0.2                       53            211            

    Construction                                   0.5           0.6                       32             40            

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1           0.2                      -18             31            

      Durable goods                               -0.1           0.3                       -4             23            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3           0.3                      -14             16            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities (3)      -0.2           0.3                      -52             83            

      Retail trade                                -0.6           0.4         YES          -97             62         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.1           0.6                      -24            104            

    Education and health services (4)              0.2           0.3                       65             56         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.3           0.3                       64             53         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7           0.5         YES          109             70         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.5           0.8         YES           56             17         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.4           0.5                       53             65            

  Government (5)                                   0.1           0.1                        8             34            

      State and local                              0.1           0.2                       10             30            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1           0.3                      -24             83            

    South                                         -0.1           0.3                      -41            131            

    Midwest                                        0.1           0.2                       12             75            

    West                                           0.4           0.3         YES          113            102         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, March 11, 2014.

  *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.