January 12, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Job openings by industry, November 2011

Job openings levels by industry, seasonally adjusted, November 2011
Industry	November 2010 (1)
Total	3,161,000
Total private	2,819,000
Construction	87,000
Manufacturing	227,000
Leisure and hospitality	406,000
Professional and business services	517,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities	556,000
Education and health services	606,000
Other private industry (2)	420,000
Government	342,000
Footnotes: (1) Preliminary (2) Other private industry includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

These data are featured in the TED article, Job openings by industry, November 2011.

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