TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2012 and August 2013,

         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                                              0.1          0.2                       264          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       313          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          0.9                         8            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.5          0.6                        35           39            

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        16           34            

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        23           25            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -7           18            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           132           90         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        15           35            

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        63           70            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.6         YES            54           30         YES

    Information                                   -2.0          0.9         YES           -59           28         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                        -8           53            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.7                       -20           43            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.1                        12           24            

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.6                       -40          111            

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           102           65         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         5           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                        97           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                       105           68         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.0                        17           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.5         YES            87           62         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          1.1                        23           61            

  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES           -50           38         YES

      Federal                                     -1.3          0.4         YES           -39           12         YES

      State and local                              0.0          0.2                        -9           35            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        73           87            

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                         2          143            

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.2         YES           117           81         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        71          106            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 24, 2013.

  *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.