TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and December 2024,
         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          0.3         YES         -1210          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.8          0.3         YES         -1084          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.7          1.2         YES           -12            8         YES
    Construction                                  -2.6          1.0         YES          -219           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -1.1          0.6         YES          -158           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.2          0.7         YES          -113           57         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.8          0.9                       -44           46
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.8          0.6         YES          -234          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.0          0.8         YES           -60           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.9                      -147          154
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          1.2                       -26           83
    Information                                   -2.3          1.3         YES           -75           47         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.8                       -65           77
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.9                       -33           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.2          1.4                       -32           34
    Professional and business services             0.0          1.0                        14          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.6          0.6         YES          -412          161         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.7                        -5           25
      Health care and social assistance           -1.9          0.6         YES          -408          156         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.7                       101          133
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.4                        23           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.8                        78          121
    Other services                                -0.4          1.3                       -23           85
  Government                                      -0.5          0.4         YES          -126           86         YES
    Federal                                       -0.8          0.6         YES           -23           20         YES
    State and local                               -0.5          0.4         YES          -102           83         YES
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.3                       -10           36
      State and local, excluding education        -1.0          0.7         YES           -93           73         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.6                      -149          170
    South                                         -0.7          0.5         YES          -411          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.5         YES          -216          191         YES
    West                                          -1.1          0.5         YES          -432          199         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 2025.
  *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.