TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and August 2025,
         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                      -416          501

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -166          495
    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.2                        -4            8
    Construction                                  -1.5          1.0         YES          -135           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.7                       -61           95
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.7                       -42           63
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          1.0                       -19           51
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.6                        87          177
      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.8                        18           54
      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.7                        62          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          1.1                         8           83
    Information                                    1.2          1.7                        38           56
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.9                         8           85
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          1.1                        12           77
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.4                        -4           38
    Professional and business services            -0.4          1.1                      -115          244
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.6          0.6                      -124          178
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.7                        -3           27
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.8                      -121          172
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.9                       149          144         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.4                       -30           35
      Accommodation and food services              1.0          1.0                       179          140         YES
    Other services                                -0.2          1.4                        -9           90
  Government                                      -1.0          0.4         YES          -251           94         YES
    Federal                                       -2.2          0.7         YES           -75           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.9          0.4         YES          -174           91         YES
      State and local education                   -0.5          0.4         YES           -44           38         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -1.3          0.8         YES          -131           80         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.6                      -163          180
    South                                         -0.4          0.5                      -230          342
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.6                       -14          205
    West                                          -0.1          0.6                        -9          229

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 2025.
  *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.