TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2009 and December 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                                              0.3          0.2         YES           424          230         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           383          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.2          0.9         YES            18            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.6          0.5         YES           -33           40            

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                        11           35            

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.3         YES            44           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.3         YES           -32           19         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        92           93            

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.7                         6           39            

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        41           67            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.6         YES            44           29         YES

    Information                                    1.1          0.9         YES            31           30         YES

    Financial activities                           0.6          0.7                        48           60            

      Finance and insurance                        1.1          0.8         YES            66           48         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.2                       -18           26            

    Professional and business services             1.0          0.7         YES           179          114         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        -5           67            

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         9           15            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                       -15           64            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.6                        65           81            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.0          1.1                        18           23            

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.7                        47           75            

    Other services                                -0.5          0.9                       -22           53            

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        40           42            

      Federal government                          -0.4          0.4                        -9           12            

      State and local government                   0.3          0.2         YES            50           38         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        35           89            

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       100          145            

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           130           85         YES

    West                                           0.5          0.4         YES           160          116         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 8, 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.