TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2014 and July 2015,

         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                                      0.7          0.2         YES          1135          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.8          0.2         YES          1119          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.7          0.9                        -8            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.6                        -8           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            74           36         YES

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        11           28

      Nondurable goods                             1.3          0.4         YES            63           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.3         YES           193           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.6         YES            46           37         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.4         YES           136           65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.5                        11           28

    Information                                   -0.1          0.8                         0           26

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.6                        51           54

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                        12           44

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.6          1.2         YES            39           26         YES

    Professional and business services             1.8          0.6         YES           452          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.3         YES           198           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.6          0.5         YES            24           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           174           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.5         YES           133           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.0                        -9           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           141           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.6          0.9                        36           51

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        16           37

      Federal                                      0.5          0.4         YES            14           11         YES

      State and local                              0.0          0.2                         2           34



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           162           86         YES

    South                                          0.8          0.3         YES           525          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           176           81         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.3         YES           272          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 2015.

  *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.