TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2023 and February 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                                     -0.7          0.3         YES         -1119          460         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.8          0.3         YES          -997          455         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -2            8
    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        37           81
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.6                       -86           83         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.7         YES           -65           57         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.9                       -21           46
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -2.3          0.6         YES          -718          183         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -2.0          0.8         YES          -130           49         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.9          0.9         YES          -310          154         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -3.4          1.2         YES          -279           83         YES
    Information                                   -0.8          1.3                       -28           47
    Financial activities                           1.8          0.8         YES           194           77         YES
      Finance and insurance                        2.2          0.9         YES           167           65         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          1.4                        27           34
    Professional and business services            -1.0          1.0                      -226          229
    Private Education and Health Services          0.2          0.6                       132          161
      Private Educational Services                -0.6          0.7                       -26           25         YES
      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.6                       157          156         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.6          0.7         YES          -253          133         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.4                        27           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.9          0.8         YES          -281          121         YES
    Other services                                -0.8          1.3                       -47           85
  Government                                      -0.6          0.4         YES          -121           86         YES
    Federal                                       -0.7          0.6         YES           -18           20
    State and local                               -0.6          0.4         YES          -103           83         YES
      State and local education                   -0.8          0.3         YES           -88           36         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.7                       -15           73

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.6                      -106          170
    South                                         -1.1          0.5         YES          -624          294         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.5                      -137          191
    West                                          -0.7          0.5         YES          -252          199         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2, 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.