TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2010 and February 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                                              0.4          0.2         YES           611          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.6          0.2         YES           644          218         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          0.8         YES             9            5         YES

    Construction                                   0.0          0.6                        -2           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.2         YES            50           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.3         YES            41           26         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         9           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES            97           91         YES

      Wholesale trade                              1.2          0.6         YES            66           37         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.4                       -22           65            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.6         YES            52           28         YES

    Information                                    0.4          0.8                        11           27            

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.7                        41           56            

      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.7                        34           47            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.2                         7           26            

    Professional and business services             1.6          0.6         YES           289          108         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        44           65            

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         1           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        45           62            

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.1          0.5         YES           144           75         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.5          1.1         YES            27           22         YES

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           117           69         YES

    Other services                                -0.8          0.9                       -40           54            

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -33           42            

      Federal government                          -2.1          0.5         YES           -62           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.2          0.2                        29           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.3         YES           113           89         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           289          139         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           134           82         YES

    West                                           0.3          0.4                        77          109            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 13, 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.