TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and July 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                                     -0.8          0.3         YES         -1274          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.9          0.3         YES         -1201          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.4          1.2         YES           -10            8         YES
    Construction                                  -1.6          1.0         YES          -136           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.6                       -42           83
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.7                       -32           57
      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.9                        -9           46
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.5          0.6         YES          -471          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.4          0.8         YES           -92           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.2          0.9         YES          -203          154         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -2.3          1.2         YES          -177           83         YES
    Information                                   -1.5          1.3         YES           -51           47         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.8                        -3           77
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.9                         7           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.4                       -10           34
    Professional and business services             0.8          1.0                       202          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.7          0.6         YES          -431          161         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.7                        -4           25
      Health care and social assistance           -1.9          0.6         YES          -429          156         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.5          0.7         YES          -295          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.4                       -18           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.7          0.8         YES          -276          121         YES
    Other services                                 0.5          1.3                        37           85
  Government                                      -0.4          0.4                       -73           86
    Federal                                       -0.8          0.6         YES           -21           20         YES
    State and local                               -0.4          0.4                       -51           83
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.3                        -7           36
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.7                       -45           73

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.6         YES          -188          170         YES
    South                                         -0.7          0.5         YES          -412          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.5         YES          -277          191         YES
    West                                          -1.0          0.5         YES          -398          199         YES

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