TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2022 and June 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                                     -1.0          0.3         YES         -1523          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.3          0.3         YES         -1679          402         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.1          1.2                        -6            8
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                        -8           79
    Manufacturing                                 -2.1          0.5         YES          -288           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -2.4          0.5         YES          -206           45         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.5          0.8         YES           -84           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.5                      -132          174
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.8                       -16           48
      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.8                      -113          140
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          1.1                        -3           76
    Information                                   -1.3          1.2         YES           -47           36         YES
    Financial activities                          -2.0          0.7         YES          -199           72         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -2.7          0.9         YES          -193           61         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.2                        -6           29
    Professional and business services            -2.0          1.0         YES          -504          198         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.6          0.5         YES           -94          133
      Educational services                         0.5          0.6                        28           23         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.8          0.6         YES          -122          131
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.9          0.7         YES          -327          110         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.2                        26           30
      Accommodation and food services             -2.4          0.7         YES          -354          105         YES
    Other services                                -1.3          1.1         YES           -74           70         YES
  Government                                       0.5          0.3         YES           156           76         YES
    Federal                                        1.8          0.6         YES            58           19         YES
    State and local                                0.3          0.4                        98           73         YES
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -6           26
      State and local, excluding education         0.9          0.6         YES           104           63         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.2          0.5         YES          -348          146         YES
    South                                         -0.8          0.4         YES          -423          246         YES
    Midwest                                       -1.3          0.5         YES          -443          174         YES
    West                                          -0.9          0.5         YES          -310          191         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 1, 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.