TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and February 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                                         0.0           0.3                        8            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                      -48            414
    Mining and logging                                0.4           1.3                        3              9
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                       16             83
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -13             86
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.7                       13             60
      Nondurable goods                               -0.5           0.9                      -27             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.7                      -65            207
      Wholesale trade                                -0.5           0.9                      -31             57
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           1.0                      -35            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           1.1                        1             80
    Information                                      -2.6           1.3         YES          -85             45         YES
    Financial activities                              1.1           0.8         YES          117             82         YES
      Finance and insurance                           1.7           1.0         YES          126             75         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           1.5                       -9             37
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.9                       -6            177
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.5                      -38            147
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.6                        2             25
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.6                      -41            143
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.8                       23            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.7           1.4         YES           51             36         YES
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.9                      -28            119
    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                        3             79
  Government                                          0.2           0.3                       55             85
    Federal                                          -0.7           0.6         YES          -21             20         YES
    State and local                                   0.4           0.4                       76             80
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.3                      -14             35
      State and local, excluding education            0.9           0.7         YES           91             69         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.7                       -2            187
    South                                            -0.1           0.5                      -62            296
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.5                       -9            184
    West                                              0.2           0.5                       81            197

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2, 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.