TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and January 2025,
         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                                         0.1           0.3                      232            466

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                      226            459
    Mining and logging                               -0.5           1.2                       -4              8
    Construction                                      0.4           0.9                       31             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.7                       31             94
      Durable goods                                   0.4           0.7                       26             66
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           1.0                        4             54
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.5           0.6                      149            197
      Wholesale trade                                 0.7           0.9                       46             62
      Retail trade                                    0.9           0.9                      143            148
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           1.1                      -40             83
    Information                                       0.7           1.6                       22             52
    Financial activities                              1.2           0.9         YES          122             90         YES
      Finance and insurance                           1.1           1.1                       77             78
      Real estate and rental and leasing              1.6           1.7                       46             43         YES
    Professional and business services               -0.5           1.0                     -122            218
    Private Education and Health Services             0.1           0.6                       41            180
      Private Educational Services                   -0.4           0.8                      -17             30
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.7                       58            176
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.8                      -46            140
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.9           1.5                      -24             42
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           1.0                      -22            130
    Other services                                    0.0           1.3                        2             81
  Government                                          0.0           0.4                        6             92
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.5                       -3             18
    State and local                                   0.0           0.4                        9             88
      State and local education                       0.0           0.3                       -2             38
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.7                       12             72

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.7                       82            191
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       30            318
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.6                       30            208
    West                                              0.2           0.6                       90            219

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.