TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and July 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                                      0.1          0.3                       152          514

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.3                       127          505
    Mining and logging                             1.4          1.2         YES            10            8         YES
    Construction                                   0.4          1.0                        39           86
    Manufacturing                                  1.2          0.7         YES           159           96         YES
      Durable goods                                2.2          0.8         YES           185           72         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.9                       -26           48
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.5         YES           183          167         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.9          0.9                        56           58
      Retail trade                                 1.0          0.7         YES           162          125         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          1.1                       -34           84
    Information                                   -1.8          1.6         YES           -62           51         YES
    Financial activities                           0.1          1.0                         3           99
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          1.1                       -26           82
      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.7                        29           45
    Professional and business services            -0.6          1.1                      -138          256
    Private Education and Health Services          0.3          0.7                       132          197
      Private Educational Services                -0.6          0.9                       -23           35
      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.8                       154          194
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.9         YES          -213          156         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.4                       -26           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.2          1.0         YES          -186          151         YES
    Other services                                 0.2          1.4                        16           88
  Government                                       0.2          0.4                        26           96
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.6                       -28           21         YES
    State and local                                0.3          0.4                        53           93
      State and local education                    0.2          0.4                        19           39
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.8                        34           79

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.7                      -107          206
    South                                         -0.3          0.5                      -194          349
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.6                        44          228
    West                                           1.0          0.6         YES           409          232         YES

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