TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2023 and October 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                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -617            376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.4           0.3         YES         -635            368         YES
    Mining and logging                               -1.2           1.1         YES           -8              8
    Construction                                     -0.1           0.9                       -4             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -14             75
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.6                        8             51
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.8                      -21             42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.5                      -95            168
      Wholesale trade                                -0.4           0.8                      -26             51
      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.8                     -102            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.4           1.0                       33             68
    Information                                       1.2           1.2                       39             37         YES
    Financial activities                             -2.1           0.8         YES         -217             76         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -2.3           1.0         YES         -168             71         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.8           1.2         YES          -49             31         YES
    Professional and business services                0.4           0.8                       93            170
    Education and health services                    -0.8           0.5         YES         -238            126         YES
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.6                       -2             23
      Health care and social assistance              -1.0           0.5         YES         -236            123         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.7           0.8                     -136            137
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.5           1.3                      -12             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.9                     -124            126
    Other services                                   -0.9           1.2                      -52             75
  Government                                          0.0           0.3                       17             76
    Federal                                           0.4           0.6                       14             19
    State and local                                   0.0           0.4                        3             73
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.3                      -23             28
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.6                       25             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.5                      -52            153
    South                                            -0.4           0.4                     -289            243         YES
    Midwest                                          -0.5           0.5                     -193            160         YES
    West                                             -0.3           0.5                      -83            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 5, 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.