TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and November 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                      259            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                      256            414
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.3                        0              9
    Construction                                      0.2           1.0                       17             83
    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.6                      -56             86
      Durable goods                                  -0.7           0.7                      -56             60
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.9                        0             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.7                      -25            207
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.9                       15             57
      Retail trade                                    0.0           1.0                       -4            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           1.1                      -36             80
    Information                                      -2.7           1.3         YES          -89             45         YES
    Financial activities                              1.1           0.8         YES          114             82         YES
      Finance and insurance                           1.4           1.0         YES          105             75         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           1.5                       10             37
    Professional and business services                1.0           0.9         YES          273            177         YES
    Private Education and Health Services             0.2           0.5                       81            147
      Private Educational Services                    0.9           0.6         YES           38             25         YES
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.6                       44            143
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.4           0.8                      -83            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.4                       19             36
      Accommodation and food services                -0.6           0.9                     -102            119
    Other services                                    0.3           1.2                       22             79
  Government                                          0.0           0.3                        3             85
    Federal                                          -0.5           0.6                      -16             20
    State and local                                   0.1           0.4                       18             80
      State and local education                       0.1           0.3                        5             35
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.7                       14             69

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.7                       49            187
    South                                             0.3           0.5                      194            296
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.5                      -16            184
    West                                              0.1           0.5                       32            197

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 2025.
  *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.