TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2015 and December 2016,

         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                                      0.0          0.2                       196          225



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       205          221

    Mining and logging                             0.9          0.9                         5            7

    Construction                                   0.3          0.6                        24           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                         8           34

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         9           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -2           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.3         YES           216           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.6         YES            47           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.4         YES           127           67         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.6         YES            41           29         YES

    Information                                   -0.4          0.8                       -12           27

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -13           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.7                       -23           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.2                        11           25

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.7         YES          -150          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           134           67         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         0           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           133           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.5                       -46           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.2          1.0         YES            26           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.6                       -73           70         YES

    Other services                                 0.6          0.9                        41           54

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                        -8           38

    Federal                                        0.5          0.4         YES            15           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -24           34

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -20           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -4           29



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           117           90         YES

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                       -64          149

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                       126           82         YES

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        20          102



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 7, 2017.

  *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.