TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2023 and May 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         -496            376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.4           0.3         YES         -598            368         YES
    Mining and logging                               -0.8           1.1                       -6              8
    Construction                                      0.2           0.9                       19             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.5           0.6                      -64             75
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.6                      -18             51
      Nondurable goods                               -0.9           0.8         YES          -46             42         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.5                      -99            168
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.8                      -15             51
      Retail trade                                   -0.7           0.8                     -125            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           1.0                       41             68
    Information                                       0.3           1.2                        9             37
    Financial activities                             -1.2           0.8         YES         -126             76         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -1.9           1.0         YES         -139             71         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           1.2                       14             31
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.8                       94            170
    Education and health services                    -0.9           0.5         YES         -241            126         YES
      Educational services                            1.0           0.6         YES           45             23         YES
      Health care and social assistance              -1.2           0.5         YES         -285            123         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.6           0.8                     -108            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -2.5           1.3         YES          -69             35         YES
      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           0.9                      -39            126
    Other services                                   -1.2           1.2                      -78             75         YES
  Government                                          0.4           0.3         YES          103             76         YES
    Federal                                           0.7           0.6         YES           24             19         YES
    State and local                                   0.3           0.4                       78             73         YES
      State and local education                       0.3           0.3                       37             28         YES
      State and local, excluding education            0.4           0.6                       41             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.5           0.5                     -156            153         YES
    South                                            -0.1           0.4                      -57            243
    Midwest                                          -0.3           0.5                     -109            160
    West                                             -0.4           0.5                     -173            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 6, 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.