TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2014 and June 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                                              0.2          0.2                       533          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           553          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          0.9         YES           -12            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.6                       -10           42

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        -2           36

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         8           28

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                       -11           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           148           88         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         6           37

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        75           65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.1          0.5         YES            67           28         YES

    Information                                   -0.4          0.8                       -10           26

    Financial activities                          -0.9          0.6         YES           -71           54         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.3          0.7         YES           -79           44         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.2                         8           26

    Professional and business services             1.2          0.6         YES           288          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           173           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         2           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           172           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                        -1           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.0                        -6           20

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.6                         5           71

    Other services                                 0.8          0.9                        50           51

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -21           37

      Federal                                      0.4          0.4                        11           11

      State and local                             -0.1          0.2                       -31           34



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -10           86

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           305          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           146           81         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        92          102



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 12, 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.