TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2015 and October 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                                      0.0          0.2                       117          225



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        89          221

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          0.9                        -7            7

    Construction                                   1.0          0.6         YES            76           44         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        11           34

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         9           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         2           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                       121           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.6                        -9           36

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.4         YES           118           67         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.6                        12           29

    Information                                   -0.9          0.8         YES           -27           27

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        32           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         5           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.2                        27           25         YES

    Professional and business services            -1.1          0.7         YES          -214          116         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           162           67         YES

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.5                       -11           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.4         YES           174           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -46           77

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.0                         5           20

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.6                       -51           70

    Other services                                -0.4          0.9                       -22           54

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        28           38

    Federal                                        0.8          0.4         YES            27           12         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         1           34

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -17           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        19           29



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        59           90

    South                                         -0.2          0.3                       -67          149

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        55           82

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        71          102



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 7, 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.