TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2022 and February 2023,
         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                                     -1.2          0.3         YES         -1693          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.3          0.3         YES         -1587          402         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.2                         2            8
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                        -4           79
    Manufacturing                                 -1.2          0.5         YES          -146           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.5         YES           -40           45
      Nondurable goods                            -2.0          0.8         YES          -106           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.9          0.5         YES          -266          174         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.8                       -18           48
      Retail trade                                -1.0          0.8         YES          -171          140         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          1.1                       -77           76         YES
    Information                                   -3.3          1.2         YES          -110           36         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.7                       -31           72
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.9                       -10           61
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.2                       -20           29
    Professional and business services            -1.9          1.0         YES          -459          198         YES
    Education and health services                 -1.5          0.5         YES          -339          133         YES
      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                        -6           23
      Health care and social assistance           -1.6          0.6         YES          -333          131         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.7          0.7         YES          -210          110         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.9          1.2                        42           30         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -2.0          0.7         YES          -252          105         YES
    Other services                                -0.5          1.1                       -23           70
  Government                                      -0.5          0.3         YES          -107           76         YES
    Federal                                       -1.1          0.6         YES           -34           19         YES
    State and local                               -0.4          0.4                       -73           73
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -30           26         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.6                       -43           63

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.5          0.5         YES          -397          146         YES
    South                                         -0.6          0.4         YES          -277          246         YES
    Midwest                                       -1.4          0.5         YES          -471          174         YES
    West                                          -1.5          0.5         YES          -547          191         YES

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