TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and January 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                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -410            376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -356            368
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.1                       -1              8
    Construction                                     -2.8           0.9         YES         -240             76         YES
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.6                        6             75
      Durable goods                                  -0.5           0.6                      -43             51
      Nondurable goods                                0.9           0.8         YES           50             42         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       51            168
      Wholesale trade                                 0.8           0.8                       50             51
      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.8                      -94            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.1           1.0         YES           94             68         YES
    Information                                       1.0           1.2                       35             37
    Financial activities                             -1.5           0.8         YES         -151             76         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -1.3           1.0         YES         -100             71         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.9           1.2         YES          -51             31         YES
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.8                       95            170
    Education and health services                     0.0           0.5                        1            126
      Educational services                            0.1           0.6                        6             23
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.5                       -5            123
    Leisure and hospitality                          -1.0           0.8         YES         -194            137         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           1.3                        9             35
      Accommodation and food services                -1.3           0.9         YES         -204            126         YES
    Other services                                    0.6           1.2                       43             75
  Government                                         -0.2           0.3                      -56             76
    Federal                                          -0.4           0.6                      -14             19
    State and local                                  -0.2           0.4                      -42             73
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.3                      -22             28
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.6                      -20             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.5                       -2            153
    South                                             0.0           0.4                      -43            243
    Midwest                                          -0.5           0.5                     -190            160         YES
    West                                             -0.4           0.5                     -176            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 8, 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.