TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and November 2022,
         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -544          376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.3         YES          -507          365         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.2                         5            8
    Construction                                   0.1          1.0                        21           78
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.4                       -36           57
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.5                       -10           38
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.7                       -26           37
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.0          0.5         YES          -292          152         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.0          0.7         YES           -55           44         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.0          0.7         YES          -161          124         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.1          0.9         YES           -76           61         YES
    Information                                    0.2          0.9                        16           29
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.7                         2           70
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.9                       -40           61
      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.5          1.1         YES            42           26         YES
    Professional and business services             0.3          1.0                       133          218
    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -65          112
      Educational services                        -1.5          0.6         YES           -57           22         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.5                        -7          109
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.3          0.6         YES          -141          101         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.1                       -17           28
      Accommodation and food services             -1.3          0.7         YES          -126           95         YES
    Other services                                -2.6          1.1         YES          -150           69         YES
  Government                                      -0.2          0.3                       -37           64
    Federal                                       -2.4          0.5         YES           -76           15         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.3                        39           62
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         2           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.6                        37           56

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.3          0.5         YES          -342          138         YES
    South                                         -0.3          0.4                       -30          213
    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.5                      -139          161
    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -31          167

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