TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2013 and April 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                                              0.4          0.2         YES           718          222         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           713          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.9          0.9                        10            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          0.6                       -13           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.2         YES            31           35            

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        18           27            

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        13           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           148           89         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        26           36            

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.4         YES           106           66         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        15           28            

    Information                                    2.0          0.8         YES            58           27         YES

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        19           53            

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        29           45            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.2                       -12           26            

    Professional and business services             0.7          0.6         YES           179          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        12           64            

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         7           14            

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                         5           62            

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.3          0.6         YES           230           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.4          1.0         YES            32           20         YES

      Accommodation and food services              1.4          0.6         YES           198           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.7          0.9                        38           51            

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         6           37            

      Federal                                     -0.7          0.4         YES           -22           11         YES

      State and local                              0.1          0.2                        28           34            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           131           85         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       144          146            

    Midwest                                        0.7          0.2         YES           252           80         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.3         YES           192          102         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 10, 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.