TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2009 and May 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                                              0.6          0.2         YES           755          230         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.5          0.2         YES           456          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          0.9                         6            6            

    Construction                                   0.9          0.5         YES            48           40         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.2         YES            96           35         YES

      Durable goods                                1.0          0.3         YES            73           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.3         YES            24           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                       -10           93            

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.7                        39           39            

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.4                       -51           67            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.6                         1           29            

    Information                                    1.6          0.9         YES            44           30         YES

    Financial activities                           1.0          0.7         YES            71           60         YES

      Finance and insurance                        1.2          0.8         YES            69           48         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         1           26            

    Professional and business services             1.0          0.7         YES           180          114         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        -7           67            

      Educational services                         0.6          0.5         YES            19           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -26           64            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3          0.6                        33           81            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          1.1         YES            26           23         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.7                         7           75            

    Other services                                -0.1          0.9                        -6           53            

  Government                                       1.2          0.2         YES           298           42         YES

      Federal government                           8.2          0.4         YES           320           12         YES

      State and local government                  -0.1          0.2                       -22           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.7          0.3         YES           170           89         YES

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           334          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                        83           85            

    West                                           0.6          0.4         YES           166          116         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 13, 2010.

  *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.