TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and July 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                                     -1.8          0.3         YES         -2877          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.9          0.3         YES         -2683          402         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.7          1.2         YES           -11            8         YES
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                         5           79
    Manufacturing                                 -2.6          0.5         YES          -371           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -2.3          0.5         YES          -196           45         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -3.2          0.8         YES          -175           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.0          0.5         YES          -315          174         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.8          0.8                       -49           48         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.2          0.8         YES          -208          140         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          1.1                       -58           76
    Information                                    0.2          1.2                         4           36
    Financial activities                          -1.4          0.7         YES          -138           72         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -1.8          0.9         YES          -136           61         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.2                        -2           29
    Professional and business services            -3.2          1.0         YES          -818          198         YES
    Education and health services                 -2.0          0.5         YES          -482          133         YES
      Educational services                        -0.6          0.6                       -17           23
      Health care and social assistance           -2.2          0.6         YES          -465          131         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.2          0.7         YES          -395          110         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.2         YES           -39           30         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -2.3          0.7         YES          -356          105         YES
    Other services                                -2.6          1.1         YES          -161           70         YES
  Government                                      -0.9          0.3         YES          -194           76         YES
    Federal                                       -2.0          0.6         YES           -61           19         YES
    State and local                               -0.7          0.4         YES          -133           73         YES
      State and local education                   -1.6          0.2         YES          -150           26         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.6                        18           63

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.1          0.5         YES          -303          146         YES
    South                                         -1.7          0.4         YES         -1044          246         YES
    Midwest                                       -1.9          0.5         YES          -699          174         YES
    West                                          -2.1          0.5         YES          -829          191         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 29, 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.