TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between January 2025 and January 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                                     -0.3          0.3                      -502          514

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -379          505
    Mining and logging                             1.9          1.2         YES            12            8         YES
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                        -2           86
    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.7                        47           96
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.8                        29           72
      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.9                        19           48
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.5                        79          167
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.9                       -19           58
      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.7                       106          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          1.1                        -8           84
    Information                                    0.4          1.6                        13           51
    Financial activities                          -1.1          1.0         YES          -114           99         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          1.1                       -26           82
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -3.2          1.7         YES           -88           45         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.2          1.1         YES          -302          256         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.7                       -84          197
      Private Educational Services                -0.6          0.9                       -25           35
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.8                       -59          194
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.9                        38          156
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.4                       -29           37
      Accommodation and food services              0.4          1.0                        66          151
    Other services                                -1.1          1.4                       -66           88
  Government                                      -0.5          0.4         YES          -123           96         YES
    Federal                                       -0.7          0.6         YES           -34           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.4          0.4                       -89           93
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.4                       -19           39
      State and local, excluding education        -0.7          0.8                       -70           79

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.7                      -125          206
    South                                         -0.3          0.5                      -190          349
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.6                       -42          228
    West                                          -0.4          0.6                      -145          232

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 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.