TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2023 and March 2024,
         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 nonfarm                                     -0.8          0.3         YES         -1173          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.8          0.3         YES         -1076          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -2            8
    Construction                                  -0.4          1.0                       -23           81
    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.6         YES          -119           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.9          0.7         YES           -78           57         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.9                       -41           46
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.1          0.6         YES          -314          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.3          0.8         YES           -88           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.9                      -157          154         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          1.2                       -69           83
    Information                                    0.6          1.3                        19           47
    Financial activities                           0.3          0.8                        36           77
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.9                         1           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.2          1.4                        35           34         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.1          1.0         YES          -282          229         YES
    Private education and health services         -0.3          0.6                       -15          161
      Private educational services                -0.7          0.7                       -24           25
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.6                         9          156
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.8          0.7         YES          -317          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -4.2          1.4         YES          -105           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -1.4          0.8         YES          -212          121         YES
    Other services                                -1.0          1.3                       -61           85
  Government                                      -0.5          0.4         YES           -96           86         YES
    Federal                                        0.1          0.6                        10           20
    State and local                               -0.6          0.4         YES          -106           83         YES
      State and local education                    0.0          0.3                         4           36
      State and local, excluding education        -1.2          0.7         YES          -110           73         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.6                       -20          170
    South                                         -0.9          0.5         YES          -562          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.5         YES          -217          191         YES
    West                                          -1.0          0.5         YES          -373          199         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 2024.
  *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.