TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2024 and October 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                                         0.2           0.3                      372            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.3                      367            414
    Mining and logging                                0.3           1.3                        2              9
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.0                       -9             83
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -13             86
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.7                       -4             60
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.9                       -8             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.7                      -27            207
      Wholesale trade                                -0.5           0.9                      -37             57
      Retail trade                                    0.0           1.0                        2            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           1.1                        8             80
    Information                                       2.6           1.3         YES           87             45         YES
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.8                       17             82
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           1.0                        6             75
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           1.5                       11             37
    Professional and business services                0.8           0.9                      209            177         YES
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.5                        8            147
      Private Educational Services                   -0.2           0.6                       -6             25
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.6                       15            143
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.8                      129            128         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.1           1.4                      -33             36
      Accommodation and food services                 1.0           0.9         YES          162            119         YES
    Other services                                   -0.6           1.2                      -37             79
  Government                                          0.0           0.3                        5             85
    Federal                                          -0.8           0.6         YES          -26             20         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.4                       32             80
      State and local education                       0.0           0.3                        1             35
      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.7                       30             69

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.6           0.7                     -195            187         YES
    South                                             0.8           0.5         YES          486            296         YES
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.5                      -52            184
    West                                              0.3           0.5                      133            197

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