TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2025 and January 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                      396            517

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.3           0.3                      370            490
    Mining and logging                                1.1           1.2                        8              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -14             91
    Manufacturing                                     0.5           0.6                       69             86
      Durable goods                                   0.7           0.7                       53             63
      Nondurable goods                                0.3           0.9                       16             49
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.5           0.6                      155            197
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.9                        3             61
      Retail trade                                    0.8           0.8                      130            130
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           1.1                       22             89
    Information                                       0.0           1.6                        1             52
    Financial activities                              1.7           1.0         YES          169            100         YES
      Finance and insurance                           2.6           1.1         YES          184             84         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.5           1.7                      -15             46
    Professional and business services               -0.8           1.1                     -190            247
    Private Education and Health Services             0.3           0.7                      123            207
      Private Educational Services                   -0.6           0.8                      -28             35
      Health care and social assistance               0.5           0.8                      150            204
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.5           0.8                       85            157
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.5                      -12             43
      Accommodation and food services                 0.6           1.0                       98            147
    Other services                                   -0.5           1.3                      -35             84
  Government                                          0.1           0.4                       26             87
    Federal                                           0.1           0.5                        1             18
    State and local                                   0.1           0.4                       25             84
      State and local education                       0.1           0.4                       16             42
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.6                        9             66

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.3           0.7                       91            205
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       37            350
    Midwest                                           0.4           0.6                      149            222
    West                                              0.3           0.6                      119            223

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 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.