TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2014 and April 2015,

         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                                              0.6          0.2         YES          1035          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           909          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.8          0.9                        -8            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.6          0.6                        46           42         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            48           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        28           28

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        20           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           137           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                        13           37

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        14           65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.9          0.5         YES           111           28         YES

    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -19           26

    Financial activities                           1.2          0.6         YES           108           54         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.8          0.7         YES            57           44         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.2          1.2         YES            51           26         YES

    Professional and business services             0.9          0.6         YES           218          114         YES

    Education and health services                  1.2          0.3         YES           306           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            27           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            1.3          0.4         YES           279           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        52           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.0         YES           -34           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.6                        86           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        21           51

  Government                                       0.5          0.2         YES           126           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.5          0.4         YES            13           11         YES

      State and local                              0.5          0.2         YES           112           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           112           86         YES

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           393          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           162           81         YES

    West                                           1.0          0.3         YES           369          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2015.

  *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.