TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2024 and March 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                     -325            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -364            414
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.3                       -1              9
    Construction                                     -2.1           1.0         YES         -182             83         YES
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -17             86
      Durable goods                                  -0.3           0.7                      -26             60
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.9                        9             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.7                       -8            207
      Wholesale trade                                 0.6           0.9                       38             57
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           1.0                      -64            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           1.1                       19             80
    Information                                       1.3           1.3                       43             45
    Financial activities                             -1.3           0.8         YES         -144             82         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -2.1           1.0         YES         -158             75         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           1.5                       14             37
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.9                      -41            177
    Private education and health services            -0.1           0.5                       -8            147
      Private educational services                    0.5           0.6                       22             25
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.6                      -30            143
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.8                       10            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.8           1.4                      -24             36
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.9                       34            119
    Other services                                   -0.3           1.2                      -16             79
  Government                                          0.2           0.3                       39             85
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.6                       -7             20
    State and local                                   0.2           0.4                       46             80
      State and local education                       0.6           0.3         YES           68             35         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.7                      -23             69

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.7                       22            187
    South                                            -0.1           0.5                      -41            296
    Midwest                                          -0.3           0.5                     -112            184
    West                                             -0.5           0.5                     -194            197

   SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 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.