TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2024 and May 2024,
         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                      221            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                       42            414
    Mining and logging                                0.5           1.3                        3              9
    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                        2             83
    Manufacturing                                     0.8           0.6         YES          115             86         YES
      Durable goods                                   1.1           0.7         YES           97             60         YES
      Nondurable goods                                0.3           0.9                       17             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.7                        0            207
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.9                       -1             57
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           1.0                      -16            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           1.1                       16             80
    Information                                       0.7           1.3                       24             45
    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.8                      -26             82
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           1.0                        5             75
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.2           1.5                      -32             37
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.9                       44            177
    Private Education and Health Services             0.2           0.5                       44            147
      Private Educational Services                   -0.8           0.6         YES          -34             25         YES
      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.6                       78            143
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.7           0.8                     -146            128         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.4                        0             36
      Accommodation and food services                -0.9           0.9                     -147            119         YES
    Other services                                   -0.2           1.2                      -16             79
  Government                                          0.7           0.3         YES          179             85         YES
    Federal                                           1.1           0.6         YES           37             20         YES
    State and local                                   0.7           0.4         YES          142             80         YES
      State and local education                       0.3           0.3                       26             35
      State and local, excluding education            1.0           0.7         YES          117             69         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.7                       78            187
    South                                             0.0           0.5                      -58            296
    Midwest                                           0.4           0.5                      116            184
    West                                              0.2           0.5                       85            197

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 2, 2024.
  *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.