TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and September 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                     -418            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -286            414
    Mining and logging                                0.1           1.3                        1              9
    Construction                                     -0.4           1.0                      -40             83
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.6                      -10             86
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.7                        6             60
      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.9                      -15             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.7                     -134            207
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.9                      -22             57
      Retail trade                                   -0.3           1.0                      -58            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.7           1.1                      -54             80
    Information                                       0.4           1.3                       13             45
    Financial activities                              0.9           0.8         YES           93             82         YES
      Finance and insurance                           1.1           1.0         YES           85             75         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           1.5                        9             37
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.9                       77            177
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.6           0.5         YES         -175            147         YES
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.6                        3             25
      Health care and social assistance              -0.8           0.6         YES         -178            143         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.6           0.8                     -111            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.4                       -9             36
      Accommodation and food services                -0.6           0.9                     -102            119
    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                        0             79
  Government                                         -0.5           0.3         YES         -132             85         YES
    Federal                                          -0.8           0.6         YES          -28             20         YES
    State and local                                  -0.5           0.4         YES         -104             80         YES
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.3                      -25             35
      State and local, excluding education           -0.8           0.7         YES          -79             69         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.7                       -8            187
    South                                            -0.5           0.5                     -325            296         YES
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.5                      -24            184
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -63            197

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 29, 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.