TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and July 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                                     -0.2          0.3                      -408          501

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -245          495
    Mining and logging                            -1.8          1.2         YES           -12            8         YES
    Construction                                   0.8          1.0                        78           81
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.7                       -66           95
      Durable goods                               -0.9          0.7         YES           -82           63         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.4          1.0                        16           51
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.6                       132          177
      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.8                        35           54
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.7                        -2          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.2          1.1         YES            99           83         YES
    Information                                    3.2          1.7         YES           105           56         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.9                       -24           85
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          1.1                       -18           77
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.4                        -5           38
    Professional and business services            -0.2          1.1                       -70          244
    Private Education and Health Services         -1.3          0.6         YES          -345          178         YES
      Private Educational Services                -1.3          0.7         YES           -52           27         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -1.3          0.8         YES          -294          172         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.9                        25          144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.3          1.4                       -40           35         YES
      Accommodation and food services              0.3          1.0                        65          140
    Other services                                -1.0          1.4                       -67           90
  Government                                      -0.7          0.4         YES          -163           94         YES
    Federal                                        0.0          0.7                        -5           21
    State and local                               -0.8          0.4         YES          -158           91         YES
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.4                       -35           38
      State and local, excluding education        -1.2          0.8         YES          -123           80         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.6                       -48          180
    South                                         -0.6          0.5         YES          -352          342         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.6                       -44          205
    West                                           0.0          0.6                        37          229

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