TABLE 6: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2009 and October 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                                              0.6          0.2         YES           897          230         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.8          0.2         YES           938          227         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.7          0.9         YES            14            6         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.5                       -12           40            

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.2         YES            60           35         YES

      Durable goods                                0.9          0.3         YES            73           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.3                       -13           19            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.3         YES           143           93         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.7                        31           39            

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.4                        65           67            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          0.6         YES            47           29         YES

    Information                                   -0.1          0.9                        -6           30            

    Financial activities                           2.0          0.7         YES           157           60         YES

      Finance and insurance                        3.1          0.8         YES           186           48         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.3          1.2         YES           -28           26         YES

    Professional and business services             1.8          0.7         YES           352          114         YES

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           120           67         YES

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            24           15         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.4         YES            96           64         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.6                        80           81            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.9          1.1                        18           23            

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.7                        63           75            

    Other services                                 0.5          0.9                        29           53            

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -40           42            

      Federal government                          -0.9          0.4         YES           -27           12         YES

      State and local government                   0.0          0.2                       -13           38            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.6          0.3         YES           150           89         YES

    South                                          0.9          0.3         YES           428          145         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.3                        84           85            

    West                                           0.7          0.4         YES           236          116         YES



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