TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2012 and February 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                       411          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           374          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.4          0.9                         3            6            

    Construction                                   0.8          0.6         YES            42           39         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         0           34            

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -11           25            

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        12           18            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                        13           90            

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         0           35            

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        18           70            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.6                        -5           30            

    Information                                   -0.1          0.9                        -1           28            

    Financial activities                           1.7          0.6         YES           136           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.9          0.7         YES           121           43         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.6          1.1                        14           24            

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.6                        68          111            

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        22           65            

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -4           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        27           63            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.5         YES           105           68         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.0                         3           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.5         YES           102           62         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          1.1                       -15           61            

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        37           38            

      Federal                                      0.0          0.4                         1           12            

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        37           35         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        58           87            

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       134          143            

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.2                        40           81            

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           180          106         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 9, 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.