TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2024 and February 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                                     -0.5          0.3         YES          -837          501         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.3         YES          -817          495         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.0          1.2                        -7            8
    Construction                                  -1.8          1.0         YES          -153           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.7                       -68           95
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.7                        -4           63
      Nondurable goods                            -1.3          1.0         YES           -63           51         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.6                        24          177
      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.8                        27           54
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.7                       -54          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          1.1                        51           83
    Information                                    0.5          1.7                        15           56
    Financial activities                          -1.8          0.9         YES          -177           85         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -2.8          1.1         YES          -207           77         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.0          1.4                        30           38
    Professional and business services            -0.1          1.1                       -43          244
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.2          0.6         YES          -301          178         YES
      Private Educational Services                 0.2          0.7                        11           27
      Health care and social assistance           -1.4          0.8         YES          -312          172         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.9                       -94          144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.7          1.4         YES           -40           35         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          1.0                       -54          140
    Other services                                -0.3          1.4                       -14           90
  Government                                      -0.1          0.4                       -19           94
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.7                       -10           21
    State and local                               -0.1          0.4                       -10           91
      State and local education                    0.3          0.4                        29           38
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.8                       -38           80

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.6                       -94          180
    South                                         -0.6          0.5         YES          -305          342
    Midwest                                       -0.6          0.6                      -207          205         YES
    West                                          -0.6          0.6                      -230          229         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 1, 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.