TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2014 and December 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 nonfarm                                      0.3          0.2         YES           611          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           580          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.1          0.9                        -1            6

    Construction                                   0.6          0.6                        43           42         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            56           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         1           28

      Nondurable goods                             1.2          0.4         YES            55           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        63           88

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                         4           37

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        42           65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        17           28

    Information                                    0.6          0.8                        18           26

    Financial activities                           1.3          0.6         YES           117           54         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.4          0.7         YES            99           44         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          1.2                        19           26

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.6                        40          114

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           182           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         9           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.8          0.4         YES           172           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        32           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.0                         8           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                        25           71

    Other services                                 0.5          0.9                        32           51

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        31           37

    Federal                                        0.4          0.4                        12           11         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        19           34



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           161           86         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       139          145

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                        89           81         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           223          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2016.

  *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.