TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2013 and December 2014,

         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                                              0.6          0.2         YES          1040          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           894          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.2          0.9                        -1            6

    Construction                                   0.3          0.6                        21           41

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        20           35

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        21           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -1           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        95           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         2           36

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            87           66         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         6           28

    Information                                    0.3          0.8                         9           27

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        21           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.7                        15           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.2                         7           26

    Professional and business services             1.4          0.6         YES           326          115         YES

    Education and health services                  1.2          0.3         YES           299           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        18           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            1.3          0.4         YES           281           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.6         YES           108           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.0                         7           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.6                       101           71         YES

    Other services                                -0.1          0.9                        -4           51

  Government                                       0.6          0.2         YES           146           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.4          0.4                        10           11

      State and local                              0.6          0.2         YES           136           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           152           85         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           393          146         YES

    Midwest                                        0.8          0.2         YES           314           80         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           181          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 10, 2015.

  *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.