TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2015 and March 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                                      0.4          0.2         YES           596          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           611          221         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.5          0.9                        -6            7

    Construction                                   0.4          0.6                        33           44

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        45           34         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -21           27

      Nondurable goods                             1.3          0.4         YES            65           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        67           89

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.6                        40           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        48           67

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.6                       -21           29

    Information                                   -1.3          0.8         YES           -36           27         YES

    Financial activities                           0.7          0.6         YES            72           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.0          0.7         YES            71           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         2           25

    Professional and business services             0.7          0.7                       184          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           153           67         YES

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.5                       -12           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           165           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.5                        49           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.0                        -9           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        57           70

    Other services                                 0.8          0.9                        51           54

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -16           38

    Federal                                        0.5          0.4         YES            14           12         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -30           34

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         2           16

      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.3         YES           -32           29         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        33           90

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           264          149         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                       122           82         YES

    West                                           0.4          0.3         YES           177          102         YES



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