TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2013 and February 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                                              0.2          0.2                       239          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       258          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.2          0.9                        -1            6            

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                         0           41            

    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.2         YES           -55           35         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.3         YES           -56           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         1           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           126           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.6         YES            50           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        62           66            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        14           28            

    Information                                    0.2          0.8                         4           27            

    Financial activities                          -0.9          0.6         YES           -70           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.7         YES           -56           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.2                       -15           26            

    Professional and business services             0.4          0.6                        90          115            

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        19           64            

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        20           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        -1           62            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.6                       104           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.0                         6           20            

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.6         YES            98           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.7          0.9                        41           51            

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -20           37            

      Federal                                     -0.4          0.4                       -13           11         YES

      State and local                             -0.1          0.2                        -5           34            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                        -5           85            

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        58          146            

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.2                        81           80         YES

    West                                           0.3          0.3                       105          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 8, 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.