TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2023 and March 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                     -384            376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.3           0.3                     -418            368         YES
    Mining and logging                               -0.9           1.1                       -6              8
    Construction                                     -0.8           0.9                      -63             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -14             75
      Durable goods                                  -0.5           0.6                      -45             51
      Nondurable goods                                0.6           0.8                       31             42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.7           0.5         YES         -229            168         YES
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.8                        0             51
      Retail trade                                   -0.5           0.8                      -84            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.8           1.0         YES         -144             68         YES
    Information                                       0.4           1.2                       15             37
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.8                       25             76
      Finance and insurance                           0.2           1.0                       14             71
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           1.2                       11             31
    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.8                     -135            170
    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.5                      -44            126
      Educational services                            0.6           0.6                       28             23         YES
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.5                      -71            123
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.8                       79            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           1.3                        3             35
      Accommodation and food services                 0.4           0.9                       75            126
    Other services                                   -0.7           1.2                      -45             75
  Government                                          0.1           0.3                       34             76
    Federal                                          -0.4           0.6                      -14             19
    State and local                                   0.2           0.4                       46             73
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.3                       -4             28
      State and local, excluding education            0.5           0.6                       50             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.5                      -21            153
    South                                            -0.1           0.4                      -65            243
    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.5                     -133            160
    West                                             -0.4           0.5                     -166            184

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