TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2011 and January 2012,

         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                                              0.4          0.2         YES           618          228         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           591          223         YES

    Natural resources and mining                  -2.6          0.9         YES           -17            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.2          0.6                        13           39            

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            76           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.9          0.3         YES            80           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -4           20            

    Trade transportation and utilities             0.2          0.3                        53           91            

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.7                        19           39            

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        34           71            

      Transportation warehousing and uti           0.0          0.6                         0           28            

    Information                                   -0.4          0.9                       -11           29            

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.7                        -9           54            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.7                       -31           45            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.0          1.1                        22           24            

    Professional and business services             1.4          0.6         YES           288          112         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           117           65         YES

      Private education services                  -0.3          0.5                        -9           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           124           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.5         YES           121           68         YES

      Arts entertainment and recreation            1.9          1.0         YES            34           20         YES

      Accomodation and food services               0.7          0.5         YES            87           64         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          1.1                       -38           64            

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        27           39            

      Federal Government                          -0.4          0.4                       -12           12            

      State and local                              0.3          0.2         YES            40           36         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        10           91            

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           413          143         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.2         YES           131           79         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.4                        63          111            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 2012.

  *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.