TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2021 and December 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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -396          376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.3         YES          -397          365         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.5          1.2                         7            8
    Construction                                   0.6          1.0                        58           78
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.4                         5           57
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.5                        43           38         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.7         YES           -39           37         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -194          152         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                        -3           44
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.7                       -11          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -2.3          0.9         YES          -180           61         YES
    Information                                   -4.2          0.9         YES          -133           29         YES
    Financial activities                           0.9          0.7         YES           102           70         YES
      Finance and insurance                        1.0          0.9         YES            73           61         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          1.1                        29           26         YES
    Professional and business services            -0.4          1.0                       -53          218
    Education and health services                 -0.6          0.4         YES           -87          112
      Educational services                        -0.8          0.6         YES           -27           22         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.5                       -60          109
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.6                         5          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.1                        -3           28
      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.7                         9           95
    Other services                                -1.9          1.1         YES          -108           69         YES
  Government                                       0.0          0.3                         0           64
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.5                        -6           15
    State and local                                0.0          0.3                         6           62
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -3           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.6                         9           56

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.0          0.5         YES          -254          138         YES
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                       -17          213
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.5                       -26          161
    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -100          167

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2023.
  *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.