TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2015 and June 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                                      0.2          0.2                       445          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       386          221         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          0.9                        -6            7

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            52           44         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.3         YES            93           34         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            35           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.1          0.4         YES            57           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        90           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        15           36

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        56           67

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.6                        19           29

    Information                                   -0.1          0.8                        -4           27

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.6                        43           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.7                        42           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.2                         1           25

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.7                       -78          116

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                       105           67         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         5           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       100           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.5                        69           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.0                        17           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        51           70

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        21           54

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        59           38         YES

    Federal                                        0.4          0.4                        13           12         YES

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        47           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -19           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.7          0.3         YES            66           29         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        99           90         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       181          149         YES

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        74           82

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        91          102



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 10, 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.