TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 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 -1.1 0.3 YES -1793 409 YES INDUSTRY Total private -1.3 0.3 YES -1795 402 YES Mining and logging -2.4 1.2 YES -15 8 YES Construction 0.4 1.0 46 79 Manufacturing -1.1 0.5 YES -152 63 YES Durable goods -1.3 0.5 YES -112 45 YES Nondurable goods -0.7 0.8 -39 40 Trade, transportation, and utilities -1.3 0.5 YES -422 174 YES Wholesale trade -1.4 0.8 YES -88 48 YES Retail trade -1.9 0.8 YES -330 140 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 1.1 -3 76 Information -1.6 1.2 YES -59 36 YES Financial activities -2.2 0.7 YES -219 72 YES Finance and insurance -2.1 0.9 YES -156 61 YES Real estate and rental and leasing -2.4 1.2 YES -63 29 YES Professional and business services -0.3 1.0 -54 198 Education and health services -2.1 0.5 YES -518 133 YES Educational services 0.2 0.6 11 23 Health care and social assistance -2.5 0.6 YES -529 131 YES Leisure and hospitality -2.3 0.7 YES -389 110 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.1 1.2 -20 30 Accommodation and food services -2.4 0.7 YES -369 105 YES Other services -0.3 1.1 -16 70 Government -0.1 0.3 2 76 Federal 1.3 0.6 YES 45 19 YES State and local -0.3 0.4 -43 73 State and local education -0.3 0.2 YES -22 26 State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.6 -22 63 REGION Northeast -0.9 0.5 YES -231 146 YES South -1.0 0.4 YES -580 246 YES Midwest -1.1 0.5 YES -379 174 YES West -1.5 0.5 YES -603 191 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 5, 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.