TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2015 and January 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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           590          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           642          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.3          0.9                         0            7

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            48           44         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        30           34

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -7           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.4         YES            37           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           119           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.6         YES            45           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.4         YES           115           67         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.6         YES           -40           29         YES

    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -21           27

    Financial activities                           0.7          0.6         YES            66           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.9          0.7         YES            61           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.2                         5           25

    Professional and business services             0.7          0.7                       195          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           189           67         YES

      Educational services                        -1.2          0.5         YES           -42           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            1.0          0.4         YES           231           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.5                        -8           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.0                         3           20

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.6                       -11           70

    Other services                                 0.4          0.9                        22           54

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -51           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.5          0.4         YES            15           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES           -65           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -3           16

      State and local, excluding education        -0.7          0.3         YES           -62           29         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        79           90

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       223          149         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                       143           82         YES

    West                                           0.3          0.3                       145          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 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.