TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 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                                     -0.6          0.3         YES          -932          501         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.3         YES          -790          495         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.2                         0            8
    Construction                                   1.3          1.0         YES           111           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.7                        17           95
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.7                        17           63
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          1.0                         0           51
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.6                       -66          177
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.8                         7           54
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.7                        10          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          1.1                       -83           83
    Information                                   -0.5          1.7                       -17           56
    Financial activities                          -1.3          0.9         YES          -134           85         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -1.9          1.1         YES          -132           77         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.4                        -2           38
    Professional and business services            -1.3          1.1         YES          -333          244         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.8          0.6         YES          -218          178         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.4          0.7                       -19           27
      Health care and social assistance           -1.0          0.8         YES          -199          172         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.9         YES          -195          144         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.4         YES           -43           35         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          1.0                      -152          140         YES
    Other services                                 0.6          1.4                        45           90
  Government                                      -0.5          0.4         YES          -142           94         YES
    Federal                                       -0.9          0.7         YES           -40           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.5          0.4         YES          -102           91         YES
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.4                       -41           38         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.8                       -61           80

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.9          0.6         YES          -261          180         YES
    South                                         -0.3          0.5                      -201          342
    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.6                      -173          205
    West                                          -0.8          0.6         YES          -296          229         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 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.