TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between April 2025 and April 2026, and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted Rates Levels (in thousands) ===== ===================== Estimated Minimum Pass test of Estimated Minimum Pass test of over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance Industry and region change change* change change* Total nonfarm 0.3 0.3 509 514 INDUSTRY Total private 0.4 0.3 YES 541 505 YES Mining and logging 0.0 1.2 0 8 Construction 0.6 1.0 50 86 Manufacturing 0.8 0.7 YES 104 96 YES Durable goods 0.9 0.8 YES 76 72 YES Nondurable goods 0.6 0.9 28 48 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.5 0.5 160 167 Wholesale trade -0.3 0.9 -14 58 Retail trade 0.5 0.7 97 125 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.1 1.1 77 84 Information -1.6 1.6 -54 51 YES Financial activities -0.7 1.0 -77 99 Finance and insurance 0.1 1.1 2 82 Real estate and rental and leasing -2.9 1.7 YES -80 45 YES Professional and business services 1.5 1.1 YES 380 256 YES Private Education and Health Services -0.4 0.7 -77 197 Private Educational Services -0.9 0.9 -44 35 YES Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.8 -33 194 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.9 -73 156 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.2 1.4 -34 37 Accommodation and food services -0.3 1.0 -39 151 Other services 1.9 1.4 YES 128 88 YES Government 0.0 0.4 -32 96 Federal -0.6 0.6 -30 21 YES State and local 0.0 0.4 -2 93 State and local education 0.2 0.4 17 39 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.8 -19 79 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.7 -15 206 South 0.1 0.5 119 349 Midwest -0.2 0.6 -52 228 West 1.1 0.6 YES 458 232 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 2, 2026. *NOTE: Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level. The median standard error is used in testing the over-the-year change.