TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between August 2025 and August 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                                      0.1          0.3                       115          514

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                       107          505
    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.2                         4            8
    Construction                                   0.4          1.0                        35           86
    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.7         YES           105           96         YES
      Durable goods                                1.5          0.8         YES           131           72         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.9                       -26           48
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.5                       181          167         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.9                        -2           58
      Retail trade                                 1.0          0.7         YES           170          125         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          1.1                        13           84
    Information                                   -0.3          1.6                       -13           51
    Financial activities                           0.7          1.0                        71           99
      Finance and insurance                        1.6          1.1         YES           114           82         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.6          1.7                       -43           45
    Professional and business services             0.0          1.1                        26          256
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.7                       -32          197
      Private Educational Services                -0.4          0.9                       -17           35
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.8                       -15          194
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.9         YES          -214          156         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.4                        -1           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.3          1.0         YES          -213          151         YES
    Other services                                -0.9          1.4                       -56           88
  Government                                       0.0          0.4                         9           96
    Federal                                        2.1          0.6         YES            52           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.4                       -43           93
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.4                       -13           39
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.8                       -31           79

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.7                       -85          206
    South                                          0.1          0.5                        54          349
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.6                         9          228
    West                                           0.3          0.6                       137          232

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 29, 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.