TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and September 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                                     -0.8          0.3         YES         -1262          409         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.9          0.3         YES         -1182          402         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.2                         6            8
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                        10           79
    Manufacturing                                 -1.4          0.5         YES          -188           63         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.3          0.5         YES          -104           45         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.5          0.8         YES           -84           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.9          0.5         YES          -275          174         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.8                         3           48
      Retail trade                                -1.1          0.8         YES          -182          140         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.1          1.1                       -95           76         YES
    Information                                   -1.8          1.2         YES           -65           36         YES
    Financial activities                           2.0          0.7         YES           205           72         YES
      Finance and insurance                        3.1          0.9         YES           231           61         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.0          1.2                       -26           29
    Professional and business services            -2.0          1.0         YES          -522          198         YES
    Education and health services                 -1.2          0.5         YES          -265          133         YES
      Educational services                        -0.5          0.6                       -16           23
      Health care and social assistance           -1.3          0.6         YES          -249          131         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.7         YES          -133          110         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.2                         8           30
      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.7         YES          -141          105         YES
    Other services                                 0.5          1.1                        42           70
  Government                                      -0.4          0.3         YES           -80           76         YES
    Federal                                       -1.8          0.6         YES           -52           19         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.4                       -28           73
      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            40           26         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.8          0.6         YES           -68           63         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.5         YES          -154          146         YES
    South                                         -0.8          0.4         YES          -403          246         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.5         YES          -262          174         YES
    West                                          -1.2          0.5         YES          -443          191         YES

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