TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2023 and January 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                                     -1.0          0.3         YES         -1559          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.1          0.3         YES         -1384          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.2                        -4            8
    Construction                                   1.3          1.0         YES           115           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.7          0.6         YES          -104           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.3          0.7         YES          -112           57         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.9                         8           46
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -2.4          0.6         YES          -732          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.8          0.8         YES          -115           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.9          0.9         YES          -319          154         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -3.6          1.2         YES          -298           83         YES
    Information                                    3.2          1.3         YES           103           47         YES
    Financial activities                           1.1          0.8         YES           115           77         YES
      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.9                        53           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.1          1.4         YES            63           34         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.7          1.0         YES          -438          229         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.6                       -19          161
      Private Educational Services                -2.0          0.7         YES           -79           25         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.6                        59          156
    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.5          0.7         YES          -422          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.9          1.4         YES           -35           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -2.6          0.8         YES          -388          121         YES
    Other services                                -0.1          1.3                         2           85
  Government                                      -0.8          0.4         YES          -174           86         YES
    Federal                                       -1.1          0.6         YES           -31           20         YES
    State and local                               -0.7          0.4         YES          -142           83         YES
      State and local education                   -0.7          0.3         YES           -66           36         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.9          0.7         YES           -76           73         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.6                       -63          170
    South                                         -1.2          0.5         YES          -754          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.5         YES          -289          191         YES
    West                                          -1.2          0.5         YES          -453          199         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 2024.
  *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.