TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2010 and August 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                                              0.2          0.2                       204          225            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       220          218         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.5          0.8         YES            14            5         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          0.6         YES            45           41         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            71           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            57           26         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        14           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        82           91            

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.6                       -18           37            

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.4         YES            86           65         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.6                        14           28            

    Information                                   -1.4          0.8         YES           -40           27         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.7                       -36           56            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.7                       -40           47            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.2                         3           26            

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.6                        12          108            

    Education and health services                  0.6          0.3         YES           128           65         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         7           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.4         YES           119           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                         5           75            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.1                         8           22            

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.6                        -3           69            

    Other services                                -1.0          0.9         YES           -59           54         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -16           42            

      Federal government                          -1.6          0.5         YES           -49           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.2          0.2                        33           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -39           89            

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        70          139            

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           126           82         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        48          109            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 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.