TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2014 and February 2015,

         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           938          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           870          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          0.9         YES           -11            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            48           42         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            50           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            41           28         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         8           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           165           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        32           37

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        63           65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.2          0.5         YES            71           28         YES

    Information                                    0.6          0.8                        21           26

    Financial activities                           1.3          0.6         YES           110           54         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.1          0.7         YES            78           44         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.5          1.2         YES            34           26         YES

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.6                       126          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.3         YES           190           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            31           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           159           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.5         YES           166           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.0                        -7           20

      Accommodation and food services              1.1          0.6         YES           172           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.0          0.9                         5           51

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            69           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.6          0.4         YES            17           11         YES

      State and local                              0.3          0.2         YES            51           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           140           86         YES

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           247          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.8          0.3         YES           313           81         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           238          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 7, 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.