TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2015 and February 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                                      0.2          0.2                       327          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       376          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.1          0.9                        -1            7

    Construction                                   0.5          0.6                        41           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        13           34

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -25           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.4         YES            38           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        93           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        29           36

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            86           67         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.6                       -23           29

    Information                                   -0.6          0.8                       -14           27

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -14           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                        -6           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.2                        -7           25

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       126          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        74           67         YES

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            26           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        46           64

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                        11           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.0                        -9           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                        19           70

    Other services                                 0.8          0.9                        50           54

  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES           -49           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.4                         6           12

    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -55           34         YES

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -1           16

      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.3         YES           -54           29         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                        -3           90

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       180          149         YES

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        48           82

    West                                           0.2          0.3                       103          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 5, 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.