TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2021 and September 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES           -52          376



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.3          0.3                       -79          365

    Mining and logging                            -0.9          1.2                        -3            8

    Construction                                   0.8          1.0                        77           78

    Manufacturing                                 -1.2          0.4         YES          -134           57         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.2          0.5         YES           -85           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.1          0.7         YES           -48           37         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.5          0.5         YES          -421          152         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -1.3          0.7         YES           -77           44         YES

      Retail trade                                -1.8          0.7         YES          -310          124         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.9                       -33           61

    Information                                    0.5          0.9                        29           29

    Financial activities                           0.6          0.7                        68           70

      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.9                       -49           61

      Real estate and rental and leasing           4.1          1.1         YES           117           26         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.1          1.0                        63          218

    Education and health services                  0.9          0.4         YES           331          112         YES

      Educational services                         0.6          0.6                        36           22         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.9          0.5         YES           296          109         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                        97          101

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.1                        32           28         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.7                        67           95

    Other services                                -3.1          1.1         YES          -187           69         YES

  Government                                       0.1          0.3                        27           64

    Federal                                        1.3          0.5         YES            38           15         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.3                       -11           62

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         6           23

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.6                       -17           56



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.5         YES          -103          138

    South                                          0.0          0.4                       158          213

    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.5                       -86          161

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -22          167



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 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.