TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and November 2022,
         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                                         0.0           0.2                      -54            384

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                      -27            376
    Mining and logging                               -0.9           1.1                       -6              7
    Construction                                      0.0           0.9                       -2             72
    Manufacturing                                     0.4           0.5                       57             62
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.5                       18             42
      Nondurable goods                                0.7           0.7                       39             35         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.5                       -9            153
      Wholesale trade                                -0.4           0.8                      -24             48
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.7                       37            119
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.9                      -22             63
    Information                                      -0.4           1.1                      -10             32
    Financial activities                             -0.9           0.7         YES          -90             65         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -1.1           0.9         YES          -75             62         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.6           1.2                      -15             28
    Professional and business services                0.8           0.9                      212            184         YES
    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.4                      -69            108
      Educational services                           -0.2           0.6                       -6             23
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.5                      -62            106
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.6           0.7                     -118            111         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.2                      -29             30
      Accommodation and food services                -0.6           0.8                      -89            109
    Other services                                    0.1           1.1                        6             66
  Government                                         -0.1           0.3                      -27             65
    Federal                                          -1.4           0.6         YES          -44             17         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.3                       17             62
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        9             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.6                        8             54

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.4                     -101            128
    South                                             0.0           0.4                       -8            213
    Midwest                                           0.3           0.5                      101            160
    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -46            150

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 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.