TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2013 and January 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                       285          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       334          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.4          0.9         YES            14            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            48           41         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         9           35            

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         4           27            

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         5           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                        12           89            

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -3           36            

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.4                       -56           66            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.3          0.5         YES            70           28         YES

    Information                                    0.5          0.8                        14           27            

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.6                         5           53            

      Finance and insurance                        0.7          0.7                        44           45            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.9          1.2         YES           -39           26         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.6                       -12          115            

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES            96           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        17           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.4                        79           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.1          0.6         YES           178           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.0          1.0         YES            43           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           135           71         YES

    Other services                                -0.5          0.9                       -28           51            

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -49           37         YES

      Federal                                     -0.9          0.4         YES           -30           11         YES

      State and local                             -0.1          0.2                       -20           34            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -27           85            

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                        -6          146            

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.2                        86           80         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           231          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.