TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and September 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                                         0.0           0.2                       56            376

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                      137            368
    Mining and logging                                0.7           1.1                        5              8
    Construction                                      0.6           0.9                       56             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.6                       23             75
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.6                        4             51
      Nondurable goods                                0.3           0.8                       19             42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.5                       88            168
      Wholesale trade                                 0.3           0.8                       23             51
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.8                       23            135
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           1.0                       42             68
    Information                                      -1.2           1.2                      -41             37         YES
    Financial activities                              0.9           0.8         YES           94             76         YES
      Finance and insurance                           0.8           1.0                       69             71
      Real estate and rental and leasing              1.0           1.2                       26             31
    Professional and business services               -0.4           0.8                     -105            170
    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.5                      -40            126
      Educational services                            0.2           0.6                        9             23
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.5                      -50            123
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.9           0.8         YES          181            137         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.3           1.3                       39             35         YES
      Accommodation and food services                 0.8           0.9                      141            126         YES
    Other services                                   -1.9           1.2         YES         -124             75         YES
  Government                                         -0.4           0.3         YES          -81             76         YES
    Federal                                          -1.4           0.6         YES          -43             19         YES
    State and local                                  -0.2           0.4                      -38             73
      State and local education                       0.1           0.3                        7             28
      State and local, excluding education           -0.5           0.6                      -45             61

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       26            153
    South                                             0.2           0.4                      126            243
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.5                      -24            160
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -72            184

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 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.