TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2010 and November 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                                              0.1          0.2                       145          225            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       133          218            

    Mining and logging                             1.2          0.8         YES            13            5         YES

    Construction                                  -0.1          0.6                        -3           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                        11           35            

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        13           26            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -1           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           116           91         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        26           37            

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        46           65            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.6         YES            45           28         YES

    Information                                    0.1          0.8                         1           27            

    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.7                       -55           56            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.7         YES           -54           47         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.2                         0           26            

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.6         YES          -133          108         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        72           65         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                        -1           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.4                        73           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.5         YES           126           75         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          1.1                        21           22            

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           106           69         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          0.9                       -16           54            

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        12           42            

      Federal government                          -1.1          0.5         YES           -32           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.2          0.2                        44           38         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        30           89            

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       178          139         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.3                        84           82         YES

    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -147          109         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 10, 2012.

  *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.