TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and December 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                                         0.0           0.2                      101            376

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       99            368
    Mining and logging                                0.0           1.1                        0              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           0.9                      -21             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.6                       48             75
      Durable goods                                   0.4           0.6                       29             51
      Nondurable goods                                0.3           0.8                       18             42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.5                      -67            168
      Wholesale trade                                -1.3           0.8         YES          -83             51         YES
      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.8                       50            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           1.0                      -34             68
    Information                                      -1.1           1.2                      -35             37
    Financial activities                              0.4           0.8                       38             76
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           1.0                       11             71
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.9           1.2                       26             31
    Professional and business services                0.9           0.8         YES          239            170         YES
    Education and health services                     0.2           0.5                       73            126
      Educational services                            0.2           0.6                       11             23
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.5                       63            123
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.7           0.8                     -131            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.3                       -9             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.9                     -121            126
    Other services                                   -0.7           1.2                      -46             75
  Government                                          0.0           0.3                        2             76
    Federal                                           0.4           0.6                       14             19
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.4                      -12             73
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.3                      -25             28
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.6                       13             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       12            153
    South                                             0.2           0.4                      115            243
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.5                      -22            160
    West                                              0.0           0.5                       -4            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 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.