TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2013 and September 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           793          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           731          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          0.9                         9            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.4          0.6                       -24           41

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        32           35

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -1           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.4         YES            31           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        51           89

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        21           36

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.4                        12           66

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        17           28

    Information                                    0.1          0.8                         4           27

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.6                        24           53

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                        10           45

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.2                        14           26

    Professional and business services             1.3          0.6         YES           291          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.9          0.3         YES           228           64         YES

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            31           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.9          0.4         YES           197           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.6                       115           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.0                        -7           20

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           122           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.0          0.9                         1           51

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            62           37         YES

      Federal                                      0.9          0.4         YES            26           11         YES

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        37           34         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        97           85         YES

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           303          146         YES

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.2         YES           185           80         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.3         YES           209          102         YES



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