TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2014 and January 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 (1)                                          0.0           0.2                      121            213



           INDUSTRY



  Total private (2)                                0.1           0.2                      127            210

    Construction                                  -0.3           0.6                      -20             41

    Manufacturing                                  0.1           0.2                       20             31

      Durable goods                                0.1           0.3                        7             23

      Nondurable goods                             0.2           0.3                       12             17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities (3)       0.2           0.3                       45             81

      Retail trade                                 0.0           0.4                        0             60

    Professional and business services            -0.2           0.6                      -40            104

    Education and health services (4)             -0.2           0.3                      -34             58

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2           0.3                      -36             56

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6           0.5         YES          104             71         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0           0.9                        1             18

      Accommodation and food services              0.7           0.5         YES          103             65         YES

  Government (5)                                  -0.1           0.2                       -7             34

      State and local                              0.1           0.2                       13             31



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1           0.3                       24             83

    South                                          0.0           0.3                      -20            131

    Midwest                                        0.0           0.2                        4             76

    West                                           0.3           0.3                      113            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, March 10, 2015.

  *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.