TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and May 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         -1247          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.0          0.3         YES         -1270          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -3            8
    Construction                                  -0.7          1.0                       -56           81
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.6                         4           83
      Durable goods                                0.6          0.7                        60           57         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.0          0.9         YES           -56           46         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.6          0.6         YES          -510          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.4          0.8         YES           -89           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.7          0.9         YES          -267          154         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -2.0          1.2         YES          -154           83         YES
    Information                                   -0.7          1.3                       -28           47
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.8                         3           77
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.9                        16           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.4                       -14           34
    Professional and business services            -0.5          1.0                      -111          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.6                       -71          161
      Private Educational Services                 0.0          0.7                        -1           25
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.6                       -70          156
    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.3          0.7         YES          -414          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.4                       -19           34
      Accommodation and food services             -2.5          0.8         YES          -395          121         YES
    Other services                                -1.5          1.3         YES           -86           85         YES
  Government                                       0.0          0.4                        23           86
    Federal                                        0.1          0.6                         7           20
    State and local                                0.0          0.4                        16           83
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.3         YES           -43           36         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.7                        59           73

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.6                        -2          170
    South                                         -1.0          0.5         YES          -585          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -1.1          0.5         YES          -375          191         YES
    West                                          -0.7          0.5         YES          -285          199         YES

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