TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2013 and November 2014,

         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                                              0.5          0.2         YES           836          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           759          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.9          0.9                         9            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.6                        -7           41

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        30           35

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        19           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                        11           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        97           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        23           36

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        71           66         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         2           28

    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -21           27

    Financial activities                           1.5          0.6         YES           126           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.6          0.7         YES           101           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.2          1.2                        25           26

    Professional and business services             1.3          0.6         YES           304          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           129           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        15           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES           114           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.6                        72           78

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.0          1.0         YES           -40           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.6         YES           111           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        18           51

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            76           37         YES

      Federal                                     -0.1          0.4                        -3           11

      State and local                              0.3          0.2         YES            79           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           101           85         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           355          146         YES

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.2         YES           196           80         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           184          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 13, 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.