TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and January 2024, and test of significance, seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total nonfarm 0.0 0.3 -26 425 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.3 79 414 Mining and logging (1) -0.3 1.3 -3 9 Construction (1) -0.3 1.0 -21 83 Manufacturing 0.3 0.6 36 86 Durable goods (1) -0.6 0.7 -48 60 Nondurable goods (1) 1.5 0.9 YES 82 50 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.9 0.7 YES -267 207 YES Wholesale trade -0.5 0.9 -31 57 Retail trade -1.1 1.0 YES -170 176 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1) -0.8 1.1 -66 80 Information (1) 1.0 1.3 34 45 Financial activities 0.5 0.8 57 82 Finance and insurance 0.6 1.0 43 75 Real estate and rental and leasing (1) 0.4 1.5 13 37 Professional and business services 0.1 0.9 54 177 Private Education and Health Services 0.1 0.5 30 147 Private Educational Services -1.0 0.6 YES -41 25 YES Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.6 71 143 Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.8 97 128 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.0 1.4 2 36 Accommodation and food services 0.6 0.9 94 119 Other services 1.0 1.2 64 79 Government -0.4 0.3 YES -105 85 YES Federal (1) -0.6 0.6 -18 20 State and local -0.4 0.4 -86 80 YES State and local education -0.3 0.3 -30 35 State and local, excluding education -0.6 0.7 -56 69 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.7 58 187 South 0.0 0.5 -12 296 Midwest 0.0 0.5 -19 184 West -0.1 0.5 -52 197 (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical. SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 2024. *NOTE: Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-month change.