TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2026 and August 2026,
         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                                        -0.1           0.3                     -256            517

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -214            490
    Mining and logging                                0.2           1.2                        1              8
    Construction                                     -0.6           1.0                      -48             91
    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.6                      -54             86
      Durable goods                                  -0.5           0.7                      -43             63
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.9                      -11             49
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.6                       43            197
      Wholesale trade                                -0.6           0.9                      -36             61
      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.8                       54            130
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           1.1                       24             89
    Information                                       1.5           1.6                       45             52
    Financial activities                              0.0           1.0                        4            100
      Finance and insurance                           0.6           1.1                       49             84
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.7           1.7                      -45             46
    Professional and business services               -0.5           1.1                     -119            247
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.4           0.7                     -101            207
      Private Educational Services                    0.3           0.8                       14             35
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.8                     -115            204
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.4           0.8                       61            157
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.5                        1             43
      Accommodation and food services                 0.3           1.0                       60            147
    Other services                                   -0.7           1.3                      -45             84
  Government                                         -0.2           0.4                      -42             87
    Federal                                           0.5           0.5                       16             18
    State and local                                  -0.3           0.4                      -58             84
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.4                      -11             42
      State and local, excluding education           -0.4           0.6                      -47             66

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.7                      -78            205
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       71            350
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.6                       -6            222
    West                                             -0.6           0.6                     -243            223         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 29, 2026.
  *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.