TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2010 and July 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                       426          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           424          218         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.7          0.8         YES            25            5         YES

    Construction                                  -0.5          0.6                       -26           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.2         YES            51           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            32           26         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        20           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           148           91         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.6         YES            40           37         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        60           65            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.6         YES            48           28         YES

    Information                                    0.5          0.8                        13           27            

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.7                         4           56            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.7                       -23           47            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.3          1.2         YES            27           26         YES

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.6                       105          108            

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES            98           65         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         6           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES            91           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        24           75            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.5          1.1         YES            35           22         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.6                       -11           69            

    Other services                                -0.3          0.9                       -20           54            

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                         2           42            

      Federal government                          -0.3          0.5                       -17           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.1          0.2                        18           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -44           89            

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           219          139         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           121           82         YES

    West                                           0.4          0.4                       129          109         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 7, 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.