TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and October 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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -353            384

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -215            376
    Mining and logging                                0.8           1.1                        6              7
    Construction                                     -0.6           0.9                      -52             72
    Manufacturing                                    -0.6           0.5         YES          -89             62         YES
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        5             42
      Nondurable goods                               -1.7           0.7         YES          -95             35         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       24            153
      Wholesale trade                                 0.6           0.8                       40             48
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.7                       24            119
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           0.9                      -39             63
    Information                                       0.2           1.1                        8             32
    Financial activities                              0.6           0.7                       65             65
      Finance and insurance                           1.0           0.9         YES           70             62         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           1.2                       -5             28
    Professional and business services               -0.6           0.9                     -146            184
    Education and health services                    -0.4           0.4                     -105            108
      Educational services                           -0.5           0.6                      -19             23
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.5                      -86            106
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.7                        0            111
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.2                       -9             30
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.8                        9            109
    Other services                                    1.2           1.1         YES           76             66         YES
  Government                                         -0.5           0.3         YES         -138             65         YES
    Federal                                          -1.9           0.6         YES          -61             17         YES
    State and local                                  -0.3           0.3                      -78             62         YES
      State and local education                       0.2           0.2                       23             24
      State and local, excluding education           -1.0           0.6         YES         -101             54         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       -5            128
    South                                            -0.3           0.4                     -210            213
    Midwest                                          -0.5           0.5                     -175            160         YES
    West                                              0.1           0.4                       36            150

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 30, 2022.
  *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.