TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2026 and February 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 -0.2 0.3 -358 517 INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.3 -307 490 Mining and logging -1.9 1.2 YES -12 8 YES Construction -0.3 1.0 -28 91 Manufacturing -0.5 0.6 -71 86 Durable goods -0.4 0.7 -32 63 Nondurable goods -0.7 0.9 -39 49 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.0 0.6 -8 197 Wholesale trade -0.4 0.9 -26 61 Retail trade 0.1 0.8 24 130 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.1 1.1 -5 89 Information -0.3 1.6 -9 52 Financial activities -0.3 1.0 -28 100 Finance and insurance 0.0 1.1 -3 84 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.9 1.7 -25 46 Professional and business services 0.2 1.1 64 247 Private Education and Health Services -0.3 0.7 -78 207 Private Educational Services -0.6 0.8 -27 35 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.8 -51 204 Leisure and hospitality -1.1 0.8 YES -213 157 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.5 -2 43 Accommodation and food services -1.3 1.0 YES -211 147 YES Other services 1.1 1.3 77 84 Government -0.2 0.4 -51 87 Federal -0.1 0.5 -3 18 State and local -0.2 0.4 -48 84 State and local education -0.1 0.4 -13 42 State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.6 -35 66 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.7 -110 205 South -0.2 0.5 -160 350 Midwest -0.2 0.6 -69 222 West -0.1 0.6 -19 223 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 31, 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.