TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2013 and July 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                                              0.6          0.2         YES           918          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           795          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          0.9         YES            13            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.6          0.6                        41           41

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            64           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            65           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -1           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                       102           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        21           36

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        27           66

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.5         YES            54           28         YES

    Information                                    0.2          0.8                         6           27

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                        -2           53

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.7                       -36           45

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

    Professional and business services             1.3          0.6         YES           289          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.6          0.3         YES           138           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         1           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           138           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.6         YES           140           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.0                        12           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           126           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.1          0.9                         4           51

  Government                                       0.6          0.2         YES           123           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.9          0.4         YES            26           11         YES

      State and local                              0.5          0.2         YES            98           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.7          0.3         YES           189           85         YES

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           307          146         YES

    Midwest                                        0.7          0.2         YES           240           80         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           182          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 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.