TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2015 and July 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                                      0.0          0.2                        51          225



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        90          221

    Mining and logging                            -0.9          0.9                       -10            7         YES

    Construction                                   0.8          0.6         YES            63           44         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        13           34

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                         9           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         4           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                        -1           89

      Wholesale trade                             -0.7          0.6         YES           -45           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        28           67

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.6                        16           29

    Information                                   -1.3          0.8         YES           -37           27         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.6                       -48           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                        -7           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.9          1.2         YES           -41           25         YES

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       153          116         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -64           67

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -8           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -57           64

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                        -6           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.4          1.0         YES            41           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.6                       -47           70

    Other services                                 0.4          0.9                        28           54

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -38           38

    Federal                                        0.6          0.4         YES            19           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -58           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.3          0.1         YES           -29           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.3                       -29           29



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        81           90

    South                                         -0.2          0.3                      -106          149

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.3                        89           82         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -11          102



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