TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2025 and November 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 -0.2 0.3 -303 466 INDUSTRY Total private -0.2 0.3 -214 459 Mining and logging -0.5 1.2 -4 8 Construction 1.0 0.9 YES 90 79 YES Manufacturing -0.1 0.7 -11 94 Durable goods 0.0 0.7 0 66 Nondurable goods -0.2 1.0 -11 54 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.6 -50 197 Wholesale trade -0.9 0.9 -63 62 YES Retail trade 0.7 0.9 121 148 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -1.3 1.1 YES -108 83 YES Information -1.0 1.6 -30 52 Financial activities 0.0 0.9 -2 90 Finance and insurance 0.3 1.1 21 78 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.8 1.7 -23 43 Professional and business services 0.1 1.0 34 218 Private Education and Health Services -0.3 0.6 -64 180 Private Educational Services 0.0 0.8 1 30 Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.7 -66 176 Leisure and hospitality -0.8 0.8 -160 140 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.4 1.5 -13 42 Accommodation and food services -0.9 1.0 -148 130 YES Other services -0.2 1.3 -17 81 Government -0.3 0.4 -89 92 Federal 0.3 0.5 8 18 State and local -0.5 0.4 YES -97 88 YES State and local education -0.4 0.3 YES -41 38 YES State and local, excluding education -0.5 0.7 -56 72 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.7 -34 191 South -0.1 0.5 -100 318 Midwest -0.2 0.6 -91 208 West -0.1 0.6 -78 219 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 2025. *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.