TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between June 2024 and July 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                                        -0.2           0.3                     -237            425

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -145            414
    Mining and logging                                0.0           1.3                       -1              9
    Construction                                     -0.6           1.0                      -51             83
    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.6                       31             86
      Durable goods                                   0.3           0.7                       30             60
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.9                        1             50
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.5           0.7                     -157            207
      Wholesale trade                                -0.8           0.9                      -55             57
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           1.0                      -14            176
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.2           1.1         YES          -88             80         YES
    Information                                       0.0           1.3                        1             45
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.8                        1             82
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           1.0                       -7             75
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.3           1.5                        9             37
    Professional and business services                0.7           0.9                      178            177         YES
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.7           0.5         YES         -196            147         YES
      Private Educational Services                   -0.2           0.6                       -9             25
      Health care and social assistance              -0.7           0.6         YES         -187            143         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.8                       -2            128
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.4                       18             36
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.9                      -21            119
    Other services                                    0.8           1.2                       51             79
  Government                                         -0.4           0.3         YES          -92             85         YES
    Federal                                           0.9           0.6         YES           28             20         YES
    State and local                                  -0.6           0.4         YES         -121             80         YES
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.3                      -21             35
      State and local, excluding education           -0.9           0.7         YES         -101             69         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.6           0.7                     -183            187
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       93            296
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.5                      -68            184
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -79            197

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 4, 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.