TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and December 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                                        -0.4           0.3         YES         -556            425         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.4           0.3         YES         -548            414         YES
    Mining and logging                               -0.3           1.3                       -3              9
    Construction                                     -0.7           1.0                      -55             83
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -11             86
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.7                        6             60
      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.9                      -17             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.7                       58            207
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.9                        0             57
      Retail trade                                    0.1           1.0                       19            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           1.1                       38             80
    Information                                      -0.5           1.3                      -13             45
    Financial activities                             -1.6           0.8         YES         -166             82         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -1.8           1.0         YES         -136             75         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.1           1.5                      -30             37
    Professional and business services               -0.8           0.9                     -225            177         YES
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.6           0.5         YES         -194            147         YES
      Private Educational Services                   -0.3           0.6                      -13             25
      Health care and social assistance              -0.7           0.6         YES         -180            143         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.8                       67            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             2.2           1.4         YES           65             36         YES
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.9                        2            119
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.2                       -6             79
  Government                                          0.0           0.3                       -9             85
    Federal                                           0.3           0.6                       12             20
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.4                      -21             80
      State and local education                       0.0           0.3                        6             35
      State and local, excluding education           -0.3           0.7                      -27             69

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.7                      -16            187
    South                                            -0.4           0.5                     -286            296
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.5                       -5            184
    West                                             -0.6           0.5         YES         -250            197         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 2025.
  *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.