TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2023 and July 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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -338            376

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -182            368
    Mining and logging                               -0.7           1.1                       -5              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           0.9                      -23             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.6                      -30             75
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.6                      -15             51
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.8                      -13             42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       43            168
      Wholesale trade                                -0.5           0.8                      -32             51
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                        0            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.0           1.0                       75             68         YES
    Information                                       2.9           1.2         YES          101             37         YES
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.8                       40             76
      Finance and insurance                           0.3           1.0                       15             71
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.8           1.2                       24             31
    Professional and business services               -0.7           0.8                     -198            170         YES
    Education and health services                    -0.4           0.5                     -110            126
      Educational services                            0.5           0.6                       20             23
      Health care and social assistance              -0.5           0.5                     -130            123         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.8                       62            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.3                        1             35
      Accommodation and food services                 0.4           0.9                       61            126
    Other services                                   -1.0           1.2                      -64             75
  Government                                         -0.6           0.3         YES         -155             76         YES
    Federal                                          -0.8           0.6         YES          -27             19         YES
    State and local                                  -0.6           0.4         YES         -128             73         YES
      State and local education                      -0.6           0.3         YES          -62             28         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.7           0.6         YES          -67             61         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       29            153
    South                                            -0.5           0.4         YES         -356            243         YES
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.5                      -69            160
    West                                              0.1           0.5                       57            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 29, 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.