TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and December 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                                         0.3           0.2         YES          572            384         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.3           0.3                      551            376         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.3           1.1                        3              7
    Construction                                      0.9           0.9                       82             72         YES
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.5                      -39             62
      Durable goods                                  -0.4           0.5                      -29             42
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.7                      -10             35
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.5           0.5                      175            153         YES
      Wholesale trade                                 1.2           0.8         YES           73             48         YES
      Retail trade                                    0.8           0.7         YES          134            119         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           0.9                      -31             63
    Information                                      -3.2           1.1         YES         -107             32         YES
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.7                       13             65
      Finance and insurance                           0.5           0.9                       35             62
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.8           1.2                      -22             28
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.9                        4            184
    Education and health services                     0.0           0.4                       20            108
      Educational services                            0.6           0.6                       26             23         YES
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.5                       -6            106
    Leisure and hospitality                           2.2           0.7         YES          430            111         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.2                       20             30
      Accommodation and food services                 2.4           0.8         YES          409            109         YES
    Other services                                   -0.5           1.1                      -32             66
  Government                                          0.1           0.3                       20             65
    Federal                                           0.4           0.6                       15             17
    State and local                                   0.0           0.3                        5             62
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        0             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.6                        5             54

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.3           0.4                       98            128
    South                                             0.2           0.4                      119            213
    Midwest                                           0.8           0.5         YES          297            160         YES
    West                                              0.1           0.4                       58            150

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