TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and August 2022,

         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                                        -0.6           0.2         YES        -1117            384         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.7           0.3         YES        -1028            376         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.1                        0              7

    Construction                                      0.6           0.9                       54             72

    Manufacturing                                    -0.8           0.5         YES         -115             62         YES

      Durable goods                                  -0.6           0.5         YES          -53             42         YES

      Nondurable goods                               -1.1           0.7         YES          -62             35         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.5                     -140            153

      Wholesale trade                                 0.7           0.8                       47             48

      Retail trade                                   -0.8           0.7         YES         -143            119         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.6           0.9                      -44             63

    Information                                      -0.5           1.1                      -17             32

    Financial activities                             -1.2           0.7         YES         -117             65         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -1.7           0.9         YES         -127             62         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           1.2                       10             28

    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.9                     -119            184

    Education and health services                    -1.0           0.4         YES         -280            108         YES

      Educational services                           -1.0           0.6         YES          -44             23         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -1.0           0.5         YES         -236            106         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.6           0.7                     -111            111

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.2                      -10             30

      Accommodation and food services                -0.6           0.8                     -100            109

    Other services                                   -2.9           1.1         YES         -183             66         YES

  Government                                         -0.3           0.3                      -88             65         YES

    Federal                                          -0.9           0.6         YES          -29             17         YES

    State and local                                  -0.3           0.3                      -58             62

      State and local education                      -0.3           0.2         YES          -43             24         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.6                      -15             54



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.4                     -115            128

    South                                            -0.4           0.4                     -256            213         YES

    Midwest                                          -1.6           0.5         YES         -598            160         YES

    West                                             -0.4           0.4                     -146            150



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 4, 2022.

  *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.