TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and August 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                                     -0.8          0.3         YES         -1305          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.8          0.3         YES         -1198          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.2                        -4            8
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -15           81
    Manufacturing                                 -0.7          0.6         YES          -103           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.7                       -56           57
      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.9                       -47           46         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.6                      -158          183
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.8                       -17           49
      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.9                       -94          154
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          1.2                       -48           83
    Information                                   -0.4          1.3                       -14           47
    Financial activities                          -2.0          0.8         YES          -206           77         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -2.4          0.9         YES          -179           65         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.0          1.4                       -26           34
    Professional and business services             0.1          1.0                        27          229
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.6          0.6         YES          -396          161         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.5          0.7                       -17           25
      Health care and social assistance           -1.8          0.6         YES          -380          156         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.7         YES          -147          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.4                       -31           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.8                      -116          121
    Other services                                -2.8          1.3         YES          -181           85         YES
  Government                                      -0.6          0.4         YES          -107           86         YES
    Federal                                       -1.7          0.6         YES           -55           20         YES
    State and local                               -0.4          0.4                       -52           83
      State and local education                   -0.8          0.3         YES           -79           36         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.7                        27           73

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.6         YES          -215          170         YES
    South                                         -0.8          0.5         YES          -462          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.5         YES          -273          191         YES
    West                                          -0.9          0.5         YES          -356          199         YES

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