TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2025 and February 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                                     -0.2          0.3                      -359          514

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                      -191          505
    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.2                        -3            8
    Construction                                  -0.7          1.0                       -54           86
    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.7                        42           96
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.8                        29           72
      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.9                        13           48
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.5                       156          167
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.9                       -29           58
      Retail trade                                 1.2          0.7         YES           200          125         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          1.1                       -15           84
    Information                                   -1.1          1.6                       -38           51
    Financial activities                          -0.3          1.0                       -30           99
      Finance and insurance                        0.9          1.1                        66           82
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -3.6          1.7         YES           -96           45         YES
    Professional and business services             0.2          1.1                        51          256
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.0          0.7         YES          -258          197         YES
      Private Educational Services                -1.7          0.9         YES           -75           35         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.9          0.8         YES          -184          194
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.9                      -126          156
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.4                       -25           37
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          1.0                      -101          151
    Other services                                 1.1          1.4                        71           88
  Government                                      -0.7          0.4         YES          -167           96         YES
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.6                       -29           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.7          0.4         YES          -139           93         YES
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.4                       -34           39
      State and local, excluding education        -1.0          0.8         YES          -106           79         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.7                      -212          206         YES
    South                                          0.0          0.5                       -10          349
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.6                       -44          228
    West                                          -0.3          0.6                       -92          232

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 31, 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.