TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2012 and December 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                                              0.2          0.2                       311          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       349          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.7          0.9                         8            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.5          0.6                        33           39            

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.2         YES            53           34         YES

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        18           25            

      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.4         YES            36           18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        68           90            

      Wholesale trade                              0.9          0.6         YES            54           35         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        38           70            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.6                       -25           30            

    Information                                    0.3          0.9                         8           28            

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                        -7           53            

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         2           43            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.1                        -9           24            

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.6                       135          111         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.3         YES           -84           65         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         0           15            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -83           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                        79           68         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.0                       -16           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.5         YES            95           62         YES

    Other services                                 0.9          1.1                        55           61            

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -37           38            

      Federal                                     -0.5          0.4         YES           -14           12         YES

      State and local                             -0.1          0.2                       -24           35            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        19           87            

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       114          143            

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.2                        16           81            

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           163          106         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 11, 2014.

  *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.