TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2022 and March 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                                     -1.7          0.3         YES         -2623          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -2.0          0.3         YES         -2650          402         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.7          1.2         YES            -9            8         YES
    Construction                                  -1.3          1.0         YES           -92           79         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -1.6          0.5         YES          -219           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.8          0.5         YES          -157           45         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.3          0.8         YES           -63           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -2.5          0.5         YES          -756          174         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.7          0.8                       -39           48
      Retail trade                                -3.8          0.8         YES          -660          140         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          1.1                       -57           76
    Information                                   -2.1          1.2         YES           -68           36         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.7                       -42           72
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.9                       -41           61
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.2                        -1           29
    Professional and business services            -2.9          1.0         YES          -707          198         YES
    Education and health services                 -2.0          0.5         YES          -472          133         YES
      Educational services                         0.6          0.6                        34           23         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -2.3          0.6         YES          -505          131         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          0.7         YES          -172          110         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.2                        25           30
      Accommodation and food services             -1.7          0.7         YES          -198          105         YES
    Other services                                -1.9          1.1         YES          -114           70         YES
  Government                                       0.0          0.3                        27           76
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.6                        -1           19
    State and local                                0.0          0.4                        28           73
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        11           26
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.6                        17           63

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.8          0.5         YES          -490          146         YES
    South                                         -1.4          0.4         YES          -799          246         YES
    Midwest                                       -1.9          0.5         YES          -642          174         YES
    West                                          -1.8          0.5         YES          -691          191         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 2, 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.