TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2011 and December 2012,

         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                                              0.0          0.2                        13          228            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                        10          223            

    Mining and logging                            -1.3          0.9         YES           -11            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.2          0.6                        10           39            

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         6           35            

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         6           27            

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         0           20            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        87           91            

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.7                        20           39            

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            73           71         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.6                        -6           28            

    Information                                   -1.0          0.9         YES           -29           29            

    Financial activities                           0.8          0.7         YES            67           54         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.7                        12           45            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.7          1.1         YES            54           24         YES

    Professional and business services            -1.4          0.6         YES          -246          112         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        95           65         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        20           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                        75           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        20           68            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.0                        13           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                         8           64            

    Other services                                 0.1          1.1                        11           64            

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         4           39            

      Federal                                      0.2          0.4                         4           12            

      State and local                              0.0          0.2                        -1           36            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        38           91            

    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -136          143            

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.2         YES           126           79         YES

    West                                           0.0          0.4                       -12          111            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 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.