TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and August 2022,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                     -0.7          0.2         YES          -758          376         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.9          0.3         YES          -905          365         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.2                         1            8

    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        47           78

    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.4         YES           -84           57         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.5                       -19           38

      Nondurable goods                            -1.4          0.7         YES           -64           37         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.5          0.5         YES          -425          152         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.7                        45           44         YES

      Retail trade                                -2.5          0.7         YES          -419          124         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.9         YES           -51           61

    Information                                    0.2          0.9                        15           29

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.7                        66           70

      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.9                        37           61

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          1.1                        29           26         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.6          1.0                       -49          218

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.4                        49          112

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                        -4           22

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.5                        52          109

    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.6          0.6         YES          -360          101         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.2          1.1         YES           -12           28

      Accommodation and food services             -2.8          0.7         YES          -348           95         YES

    Other services                                -2.7          1.1         YES          -164           69         YES

  Government                                       0.6          0.3         YES           146           64         YES

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.5                        -8           15

    State and local                                0.7          0.3         YES           154           62         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -16           23

      State and local, excluding education         1.6          0.6         YES           170           56         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.9          0.5         YES          -211          138         YES

    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -122          213

    Midwest                                       -1.3          0.5         YES          -395          161         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -32          167



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 4, 2022.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.