TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2013 and February 2013,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                         change        change*                  change         change*



Total (1)                                          0.2           0.1         YES          314            208         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private (2)                                0.3           0.2         YES          291            205         YES

    Construction                                   0.2           0.5                       12             37            

    Manufacturing                                  0.0           0.2                        6             30            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities (3)      -0.1           0.3                      -37             84            

      Retail trade                                -0.1           0.4                      -12             59            

    Professional and business services             0.1           0.5                       32             96            

    Education and health services (4)              0.5           0.3         YES           94             58         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5           0.3         YES           93             56         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3           0.4                       57             62            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1           0.9                        0             17            

      Accommodation and food services              0.5           0.5                       57             56         YES

  Government (5)                                   0.1           0.1                       23             33            

      State and local                              0.1           0.1                       30             28         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2           0.3                       34             79            

    South                                          0.1           0.3                       80            133            

    Midwest                                        0.3           0.2         YES          104             74         YES

    West                                           0.3           0.3                       97             99            



  (1) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because not all series are shown.

  (2) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

  (3) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

  (4) Includes educational services, not shown separately.

  (5) Includes federal government, not shown separately.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 9, 2013.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.