TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2023 and February 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         -632            376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.4           0.3         YES         -599            368         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.0           1.1                       -1              8
    Construction                                      1.4           0.9         YES          129             76         YES
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.6                      -38             75
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.6                       13             51
      Nondurable goods                               -0.9           0.8         YES          -51             42         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.7           0.5         YES         -210            168         YES
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.8                        6             51
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.8                      -72            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.7           1.0         YES         -145             68         YES
    Information                                       0.3           1.2                        9             37
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.8                       25             76
      Finance and insurance                           0.2           1.0                       13             71
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           1.2                       13             31
    Professional and business services               -1.0           0.8         YES         -278            170         YES
    Education and health services                    -0.6           0.5         YES         -150            126         YES
      Educational services                            0.0           0.6                        0             23
      Health care and social assistance              -0.6           0.5         YES         -150            123         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.8                      -87            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.3           1.3                       38             35         YES
      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.9                     -125            126
    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                        1             75
  Government                                         -0.2           0.3                      -32             76
    Federal                                          -0.9           0.6         YES          -31             19         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.4                       -1             73
      State and local education                       0.0           0.3                       -1             28
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.6                        0             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.5                      -28            153
    South                                            -0.3           0.4                     -189            243
    Midwest                                          -0.7           0.5         YES         -260            160         YES
    West                                             -0.4           0.5                     -155            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 4, 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.