TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2023 and June 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                                     -0.6          0.3         YES          -981          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.3         YES          -989          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.5          1.2         YES           -10            8         YES
    Construction                                  -1.6          1.0         YES          -136           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.6         YES          -101           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.7                       -52           57
      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.9                       -50           46         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.6                      -194          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.8                       -35           49
      Retail trade                                -0.8          0.9                      -131          154
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          1.2                       -28           83
    Information                                   -0.9          1.3                       -30           47
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.8                       -36           77
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.9                       -16           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.4                       -20           34
    Professional and business services            -0.2          1.0                       -52          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.7          0.6         YES          -141          161
      Private Educational Services                 0.0          0.7                         3           25
      Health care and social assistance           -0.8          0.6         YES          -144          156
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.7         YES          -207          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.4                       -19           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.2          0.8         YES          -189          121         YES
    Other services                                -1.3          1.3                       -79           85
  Government                                      -0.1          0.4                         8           86
    Federal                                       -2.0          0.6         YES           -62           20         YES
    State and local                                0.2          0.4                        69           83
      State and local education                    0.2          0.3                        20           36
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.7                        49           73

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.6                       -20          170
    South                                         -0.6          0.5         YES          -360          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.9          0.5         YES          -330          191         YES
    West                                          -0.8          0.5         YES          -271          199         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 30, 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.