TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2010 and January 2011,

         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                                              0.2          0.2                       370          228         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           452          220         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.6          0.8         YES            20            5         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                         0           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.2         YES            83           35         YES

      Durable goods                                1.0          0.3         YES            72           26         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        11           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.3         YES           166           91         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.0          0.6         YES            54           37         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            62           65            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.6         YES            50           28         YES

    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -21           27            

    Financial activities                           0.9          0.7         YES            76           57         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.2          0.7         YES            76           47         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.2                        -1           26            

    Professional and business services             0.7          0.6         YES           129          108         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -23           66            

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            25           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -48           63            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.6                        54           76            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          1.1         YES            23           23            

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        31           70            

    Other services                                -0.7          1.0                       -33           54            

  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES           -82           42         YES

      Federal government                          -3.1          0.5         YES           -97           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.1          0.2                        14           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        89           89            

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       163          140         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.3                        54           83            

    West                                           0.2          0.4                        63          109            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 2011.

  *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.