TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2022 and January 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                                     -0.6          0.3         YES          -665          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.3         YES          -673          402         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.2          1.2                         2            8
    Construction                                  -2.0          1.0         YES          -152           79         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.5         YES           -99           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.1          0.5         YES           -80           45         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.8                       -19           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -25          174
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.8                        -6           48
      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.8                      -115          140
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.9          1.1                        95           76         YES
    Information                                   -3.1          1.2         YES           -97           36         YES
    Financial activities                          -1.0          0.7         YES           -91           72         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.9                       -65           61         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.2          1.2                       -26           29
    Professional and business services            -0.4          1.0                       -31          198
    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.5                       -34          133
      Educational services                         0.6          0.6                        33           23         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.7          0.6         YES           -67          131
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.7                        -9          110
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.2                        25           30
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.7                       -35          105
    Other services                                -2.3          1.1         YES          -135           70         YES
  Government                                       0.0          0.3                         7           76
    Federal                                        0.3          0.6                        10           19
    State and local                               -0.1          0.4                        -4           73
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -34           26         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.6                        30           63

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.0          0.5         YES          -249          146         YES
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                         6          246
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.5         YES          -185          174         YES
    West                                          -0.8          0.5         YES          -238          191         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 8, 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.