TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2024 and April 2024,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                        -0.2           0.3                     -296            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -223            414
    Mining and logging                               -0.5           1.3                       -3              9
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.0                       -8             83
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.6                      -30             86
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.7                      -15             60
      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.9                      -16             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.7                       15            207
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.9                       -8             57
      Retail trade                                    0.2           1.0                       21            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           1.1                        2             80
    Information                                      -1.3           1.3                      -43             45
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.8                       -2             82
      Finance and insurance                           0.2           1.0                       15             75
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.7           1.5                      -18             37
    Professional and business services                0.5           0.9                      122            177
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.5           0.5                     -154            147         YES
      Private Educational Services                    1.1           0.6         YES           50             25         YES
      Health care and social assistance              -0.8           0.6         YES         -204            143         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.6           0.8                     -109            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.4                      -12             36
      Accommodation and food services                -0.6           0.9                      -97            119
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.2                      -10             79
  Government                                         -0.3           0.3                      -72             85
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.6                       -5             20
    State and local                                  -0.4           0.4                      -67             80
      State and local education                      -0.5           0.3         YES          -59             35         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.7                       -7             69

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.7                      -97            187
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       93            296
    Midwest                                          -0.7           0.5         YES         -224            184         YES
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -67            197

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 4, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.