TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2023 and September 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                                     -1.1          0.3         YES         -1885          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -1.2          0.3         YES         -1724          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.2                        -3            8
    Construction                                  -1.6          1.0         YES          -134           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.6         YES          -133           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.7                       -34           57
      Nondurable goods                            -1.9          0.9         YES          -100           46         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.1          0.6         YES          -342          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.9          0.8         YES           -57           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.9                      -147          154
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.8          1.2         YES          -138           83         YES
    Information                                    0.8          1.3                        25           47
    Financial activities                          -2.0          0.8         YES          -214           77         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -2.0          0.9         YES          -153           65         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -2.2          1.4         YES           -60           34         YES
    Professional and business services            -0.1          1.0                       -23          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.9          0.6         YES          -481          161         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.3          0.7                       -11           25
      Health care and social assistance           -2.1          0.6         YES          -470          156         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.2          0.7         YES          -401          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.3          1.4         YES           -61           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -2.2          0.8         YES          -340          121         YES
    Other services                                -0.3          1.3                       -19           85
  Government                                      -0.8          0.4         YES          -161           86         YES
    Federal                                       -1.6          0.6         YES           -52           20         YES
    State and local                               -0.6          0.4         YES          -109           83         YES
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.3                       -29           36
      State and local, excluding education        -0.9          0.7         YES           -80           73         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.6                      -175          170         YES
    South                                         -1.4          0.5         YES          -911          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.9          0.5         YES          -319          191         YES
    West                                          -1.2          0.5         YES          -479          199         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 29, 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.