TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 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                                         0.0           0.2                      -62            376

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                      -28            368
    Mining and logging                                1.2           1.1         YES            8              8
    Construction                                      0.5           0.9                       43             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -14             75
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.6                       21             51
      Nondurable goods                               -0.7           0.8                      -36             42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -23            168
      Wholesale trade                                 1.0           0.8         YES           63             51         YES
      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.8                       42            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.5           1.0         YES         -128             68         YES
    Information                                       0.4           1.2                       12             37
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.8                       38             76
      Finance and insurance                           0.5           1.0                       37             71
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           1.2                        2             31
    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.8                      -33            170
    Education and health services                     0.0           0.5                       10            126
      Educational services                           -0.4           0.6                      -14             23
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.5                       24            123
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.8                      -97            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.7           1.3                      -19             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           0.9                      -78            126
    Other services                                    0.4           1.2                       29             75
  Government                                         -0.1           0.3                      -35             76
    Federal                                          -1.8           0.6         YES          -58             19         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.4                       24             73
      State and local education                       0.1           0.3                        4             28
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.6                       20             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.5                      -29            153
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -128            243
    Midwest                                           0.3           0.5                      102            160
    West                                              0.0           0.5                       -7            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 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.