TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and August 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                      329            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.3                      227            414
    Mining and logging                                0.1           1.3                        2              9
    Construction                                      1.6           1.0         YES          138             83         YES
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.6                        1             86
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.7                      -11             60
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.9                       12             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.7                       92            207
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.9                       16             57
      Retail trade                                    0.0           1.0                       -1            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.9           1.1                       77             80
    Information                                       0.4           1.3                       11             45
    Financial activities                             -0.6           0.8                      -52             82
      Finance and insurance                          -0.6           1.0                      -41             75
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.4           1.5                      -11             37
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.9                       65            177
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.5                      -18            147
      Private Educational Services                   -0.4           0.6                      -16             25
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.6                       -2            143
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.4           0.8                       80            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.3           1.4                       -8             36
      Accommodation and food services                 0.5           0.9                       88            119
    Other services                                   -1.5           1.2         YES          -93             79         YES
  Government                                          0.4           0.3         YES          103             85         YES
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.6                       -3             20
    State and local                                   0.5           0.4         YES          106             80         YES
      State and local education                       0.3           0.3                       29             35
      State and local, excluding education            0.7           0.7                       78             69         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.7                       65            187
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       41            296
    Midwest                                           0.3           0.5                      132            184
    West                                              0.3           0.5                       92            197

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