TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2009 and November 2010,

         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           698          230         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           689          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.0          0.9         YES             9            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          0.5                        17           40            

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            63           35         YES

      Durable goods                                1.0          0.3         YES            80           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.3                       -15           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        87           93            

      Wholesale trade                              0.8          0.7         YES            45           39         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        13           67            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.6                        29           29            

    Information                                    1.3          0.9         YES            37           30         YES

    Financial activities                           1.3          0.7         YES            98           60         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.6          0.8         YES            90           48         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.2                         7           26            

    Professional and business services             1.4          0.7         YES           267          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        15           67            

      Educational services                         0.5          0.5                        17           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                         0           64            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.6                        52           81            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.1                        10           23            

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.7                        43           75            

    Other services                                 0.7          0.9                        42           53            

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         8           42            

      Federal government                           0.1          0.4                         5           12            

      State and local government                   0.0          0.2                         3           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           118           89         YES

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           219          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.5          0.3         YES           140           85         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.4         YES           220          116         YES



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