TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2013 and October 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           895          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           888          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          0.9         YES            11            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.1          0.6                        13           41

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                         9           35

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        19           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -9           19

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           142           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.8          0.6         YES            51           36         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        32           66

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.5         YES            59           28         YES

    Information                                   -1.4          0.8         YES           -41           27         YES

    Financial activities                           1.0          0.6         YES            91           53         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.0          0.7         YES            66           45         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.2                        25           26

    Professional and business services             1.0          0.6         YES           226          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.3         YES           209           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.6          0.5         YES            24           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.9          0.4         YES           186           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.2          0.6         YES           210           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.0                       -14           20

      Accommodation and food services              1.6          0.6         YES           224           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        16           51

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                         7           37

      Federal                                      0.7          0.4         YES            17           11         YES

      State and local                             -0.1          0.2                       -10           34



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           119           85         YES

    South                                          0.8          0.3         YES           456          146         YES

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.2         YES           158           80         YES

    West                                           0.4          0.3         YES           162          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 2014.

  *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.