TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and September 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 0.2 437 384 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.3 0.3 428 376 YES Mining and logging 0.6 1.1 4 7 Construction 0.4 0.9 36 72 Manufacturing -0.3 0.5 -40 62 Durable goods -0.4 0.5 -41 42 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.7 1 35 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.5 9 153 Wholesale trade -1.6 0.8 YES -104 48 YES Retail trade 0.0 0.7 3 119 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.4 0.9 YES 111 63 YES Information 0.1 1.1 5 32 Financial activities -0.5 0.7 -56 65 Finance and insurance -1.1 0.9 YES -83 62 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.9 1.2 27 28 Professional and business services 0.4 0.9 104 184 Education and health services 0.5 0.4 YES 138 108 YES Educational services 0.5 0.6 23 23 Health care and social assistance 0.5 0.5 115 106 YES Leisure and hospitality 1.2 0.7 YES 234 111 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.7 1.2 19 30 Accommodation and food services 1.3 0.8 YES 215 109 YES Other services -0.1 1.1 -7 66 Government 0.0 0.3 9 65 Federal 1.1 0.6 YES 33 17 YES State and local -0.1 0.3 -23 62 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -20 24 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.6 -4 54 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 84 128 South 0.2 0.4 160 213 Midwest 0.3 0.5 150 160 West 0.1 0.4 42 150 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 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.