TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and November 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                                     -1.2          0.3         YES         -1891          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.2          0.3         YES         -1798          402         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.3          1.2         YES            -8            8
    Construction                                   1.1          1.0         YES           107           79         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -1.9          0.5         YES          -264           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.4          0.5         YES          -123           45         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -2.5          0.8         YES          -140           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.9          0.5         YES          -288          174         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.9          0.8         YES            66           48         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.7          0.8         YES          -281          140         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          1.1                       -72           76
    Information                                   -1.9          1.2         YES           -73           36         YES
    Financial activities                          -1.6          0.7         YES          -150           72         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -1.6          0.9         YES          -115           61         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.3          1.2         YES           -34           29         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.8          1.0         YES          -457          198         YES
    Education and health services                 -1.0          0.5         YES          -195          133         YES
      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                        -7           23
      Health care and social assistance           -1.1          0.6         YES          -190          131         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.7          0.7         YES          -463          110         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.2                       -16           30
      Accommodation and food services             -2.9          0.7         YES          -448          105         YES
    Other services                                -0.2          1.1                        -7           70
  Government                                      -0.4          0.3         YES           -93           76         YES
    Federal                                       -0.7          0.6         YES           -18           19
    State and local                               -0.4          0.4                       -77           73         YES
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -30           26         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.6                       -45           63

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.5         YES          -159          146         YES
    South                                         -1.4          0.4         YES          -903          246         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.5         YES          -202          174         YES
    West                                          -1.6          0.5         YES          -627          191         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 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.