TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2025 and December 2025,
         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                                        -0.3           0.3                     -386            466

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.3           0.3                     -423            459
    Mining and logging                                0.4           1.2                        3              8
    Construction                                      0.1           0.9                        8             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.7                       34             94
      Durable goods                                   0.3           0.7                       23             66
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           1.0                       11             54
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.6           0.6                     -172            197
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.9                       13             62
      Retail trade                                   -1.2           0.9         YES         -195            148         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           1.1                        9             83
    Information                                       0.4           1.6                       12             52
    Financial activities                             -1.0           0.9         YES          -98             90         YES
      Finance and insurance                          -1.7           1.1         YES         -120             78         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.8           1.7                       23             43
    Professional and business services               -1.0           1.0                     -257            218         YES
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.6                      -76            180
      Private Educational Services                    0.4           0.8                       16             30
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.7                      -92            176
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.8                       66            140
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.6           1.5                      -18             42
      Accommodation and food services                 0.5           1.0                       85            130
    Other services                                    0.8           1.3                       56             81
  Government                                          0.2           0.4                       37             92
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.5                       -6             18
    State and local                                   0.2           0.4                       43             88
      State and local education                       0.1           0.3                       15             38
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.7                       27             72

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.7           0.7                     -210            191         YES
    South                                            -0.1           0.5                      -58            318
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.6                      -18            208
    West                                             -0.2           0.6                     -100            219

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 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.