TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and January 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          -743          501         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.3         YES          -729          495         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.5          1.2         YES           -10            8         YES
    Construction                                  -2.1          1.0         YES          -171           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.7                       -93           95
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.7                        -8           63
      Nondurable goods                            -1.7          1.0         YES           -85           51         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.6                       147          177
      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.8                        46           54
      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.7                        99          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          1.1                         1           83
    Information                                   -0.7          1.7                       -23           56
    Financial activities                           0.5          0.9                        61           85
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          1.1                        23           77
      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.3          1.4                        38           38
    Professional and business services            -0.8          1.1                      -215          244
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.7          0.6         YES          -435          178         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.3          0.7                       -10           27
      Health care and social assistance           -1.9          0.8         YES          -425          172         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.9                        25          144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.4                        -6           35
      Accommodation and food services              0.1          1.0                        31          140
    Other services                                -0.4          1.4                       -15           90
  Government                                      -0.1          0.4                       -13           94
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.7                        -8           21
    State and local                               -0.1          0.4                        -6           91
      State and local education                    0.1          0.4                        12           38
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.8                       -18           80

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.6                       -74          180
    South                                         -0.6          0.5         YES          -350          342         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.6         YES          -214          205         YES
    West                                          -0.4          0.6                      -104          229

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.