TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2010 and April 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                       -58          225            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       292          218         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.4          0.8                         6            5         YES

    Construction                                   0.5          0.6                        27           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            61           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            53           26         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         9           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        92           91         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        19           37            

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        37           65            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.6                        35           28         YES

    Information                                    1.0          0.8         YES            28           27         YES

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.7                        25           56            

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.7                         8           47            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          1.2                        17           26            

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.6                        37          108            

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        41           65            

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         3           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        39           62            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.5                        65           75            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.1                        15           22            

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.6                        50           69            

    Other services                                -1.7          0.9         YES           -91           54         YES

  Government                                      -1.5          0.2         YES          -351           42         YES

      Federal government                           -11          0.5         YES          -375           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.2          0.2                        24           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.3         YES          -101           89         YES

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                       -32          139            

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           131           82         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -57          109            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 7, 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.