TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2010 and December 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                                              0.3          0.2         YES           404          225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           428          218         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          0.8         YES            13            5         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          0.6                        16           41            

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.2         YES            70           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.7          0.3         YES            56           26         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        15           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                        93           91         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        20           37            

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.4                        53           65            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.6                        20           28            

    Information                                    0.9          0.8         YES            23           27            

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.7                       -10           56            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.7                       -10           47            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         1           26            

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.6                        46          108            

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        59           65            

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         3           15            

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.4                        56           62            

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.5         YES           100           75         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.1                         0           22            

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES            99           69         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.9                        18           54            

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -23           42            

      Federal government                          -1.0          0.5         YES           -28           13         YES

      State and local government                   0.1          0.2                         5           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        74           89            

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           325          139         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                        77           82            

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -72          109            



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