TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and August 2023,
         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                                         0.4           0.2         YES          690            376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.4           0.3         YES          600            368         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.6           1.1                        4              8
    Construction                                      0.0           0.9                       -3             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.5           0.6                       72             75
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.6                       12             51
      Nondurable goods                                1.1           0.8         YES           59             42         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.5                     -109            168
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.8                      -15             51
      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.8                      -48            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           1.0                      -47             68
    Information                                      -0.5           1.2                      -20             37
    Financial activities                              0.9           0.8         YES           86             76         YES
      Finance and insurance                           1.2           1.0         YES           96             71         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           1.2                       -8             31
    Professional and business services                1.9           0.8         YES          509            170         YES
    Education and health services                     0.1           0.5                       40            126
      Educational services                            0.0           0.6                        1             23
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.5                       40            123
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           0.8                      -54            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.3                        2             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.9                      -55            126
    Other services                                    1.1           1.2                       75             75
  Government                                          0.3           0.3                       90             76         YES
    Federal                                           0.9           0.6         YES           31             19         YES
    State and local                                   0.2           0.4                       58             73
      State and local education                       0.7           0.3         YES           76             28         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.6                      -16             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       51            153
    South                                             0.4           0.4                      278            243         YES
    Midwest                                           0.6           0.5         YES          238            160         YES
    West                                              0.3           0.5                      124            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.