TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and October 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                                     -0.6          0.3         YES          -989          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.3         YES          -893          455         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.9          1.2                         6            8
    Construction                                  -2.0          1.0         YES          -174           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.6         YES          -114           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.7                       -48           57
      Nondurable goods                            -1.3          0.9         YES           -66           46         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.2          0.6         YES          -380          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -1.1          0.8         YES           -67           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.9                       -87          154
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -2.8          1.2         YES          -225           83         YES
    Information                                    2.9          1.3         YES            97           47         YES
    Financial activities                           0.4          0.8                        38           77
      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.9                        31           65
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.4                         7           34
    Professional and business services             0.5          1.0                       123          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.4          0.6         YES          -370          161         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.7                        -3           25
      Health care and social assistance           -1.7          0.6         YES          -368          156         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.7                       -67          133
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -4.3          1.4         YES          -120           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.8                        54          121
    Other services                                -0.8          1.3                       -51           85
  Government                                      -0.4          0.4                       -96           86         YES
    Federal                                       -2.3          0.6         YES           -71           20         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.4                       -23           83
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.3                       -21           36
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.7                        -2           73

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -1.1          0.6         YES          -307          170         YES
    South                                         -0.6          0.5         YES          -356          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.5         YES          -254          191         YES
    West                                          -0.3          0.5                       -73          199

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