TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2021 and October 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                                     -0.7          0.2         YES          -844          376         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.8          0.3         YES          -821          365         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.2                         5            8
    Construction                                  -0.4          1.0                       -25           78
    Manufacturing                                 -1.5          0.4         YES          -174           57         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.5         YES           -36           38
      Nondurable goods                            -2.8          0.7         YES          -138           37         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.2          0.5         YES          -356          152         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.0          0.7         YES           -56           44         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.1          0.7         YES          -185          124         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.7          0.9         YES          -116           61         YES
    Information                                    1.1          0.9         YES            50           29         YES
    Financial activities                           0.9          0.7         YES            93           70         YES
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.9                        21           61
      Real estate and rental and leasing           2.6          1.1         YES            72           26         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.4          1.0         YES          -291          218         YES
    Education and health services                  0.0          0.4                        67          112
      Educational services                        -0.8          0.6         YES           -24           22         YES
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.5                        91          109
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.6         YES           -37          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.4          1.1                        28           28
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.7         YES           -66           95
    Other services                                -2.6          1.1         YES          -151           69         YES
  Government                                      -0.1          0.3                       -22           64
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.5                        -8           15
    State and local                               -0.1          0.3                       -14           62
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         7           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.6                       -21           56

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.5         YES          -143          138         YES
    South                                         -0.6          0.4         YES          -255          213         YES
    Midwest                                       -1.2          0.5         YES          -393          161         YES
    West                                          -0.4          0.4                       -53          167

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 30, 2022.
  *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.