TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2021 and October 2021,

         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                                         0.2           0.2                      431            323         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.3           0.2         YES          504            312         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.0                        0              7

    Construction                                      0.7           0.9                       56             70

    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.4                       61             50         YES

      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.4                       16             35

      Nondurable goods                                0.7           0.6         YES           45             30         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -24            138

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                       11             44

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.6                      -18            109

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.8                      -18             51

    Information                                       0.8           0.8                       25             23         YES

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.7                        8             64

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.8                       -1             56

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           1.1                       10             25

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.7                       35            149

    Education and health services                     0.2           0.4                       59            102

      Educational services                            1.0           0.5         YES           42             19         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.4                       17            100

    Leisure and hospitality                           1.2           0.6         YES          251             99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           1.2                       -3             28

      Accommodation and food services                 1.4           0.6         YES          254             94         YES

    Other services                                    0.5           1.0                       35             63

  Government                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -74             57         YES

    Federal                                           0.1           0.5                        4             15

    State and local                                  -0.4           0.3         YES          -77             55         YES

      State and local education                       0.4           0.2         YES           38             23         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -1.2           0.5         YES         -115             50         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                      -18            121

    South                                             0.5           0.3         YES          273            192         YES

    Midwest                                           0.3           0.4                      120            146

    West                                              0.2           0.4                       55            140



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 2021.

  *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.