TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2009 and September 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                                              0.2          0.2                       293          230         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           260          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.9                         6            6            

    Construction                                   0.1          0.5                         2           40            

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            58           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.9          0.3         YES            63           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.3                        -5           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        26           93            

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.7                        36           39            

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.4                       -45           67            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.6         YES            36           29         YES

    Information                                    0.3          0.9                         6           30            

    Financial activities                           1.2          0.7         YES            92           60         YES

      Finance and insurance                        2.1          0.8         YES           126           48         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.6          1.2         YES           -34           26         YES

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                        94          114            

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -63           67            

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         3           15            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -66           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                        13           81            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.1                        10           23            

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.7                         4           75            

    Other services                                 0.5          0.9                        25           53            

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        34           42            

      Federal government                           1.2          0.4         YES            37           12         YES

      State and local government                   0.0          0.2                        -3           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        29           89            

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       131          145            

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                        -5           85            

    West                                           0.4          0.4                       138          116         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 9, 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.