TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2014 and November 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                                      0.2          0.2                       509          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           477          220         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.5          0.9                        -8            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                         5           42

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.3                       -37           36         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -21           28

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -16           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        35           88

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.6                       -33           37

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        29           65

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.5         YES            39           28         YES

    Information                                   -1.6          0.8         YES           -48           26         YES

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        32           54

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        30           44

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         3           26

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.6                        92          114

    Education and health services                  1.0          0.3         YES           275           66         YES

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            35           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            1.0          0.4         YES           242           63         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.5         YES           152           77         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.0          1.0                        21           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           129           71         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          0.9                       -21           51

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        32           37

    Federal                                        0.5          0.4         YES            13           11         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        19           34



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           160           86         YES

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           295          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        26           81

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        28          102



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