TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2024 and March 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 -0.7 0.3 YES -976 501 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.6 0.3 YES -813 495 YES Mining and logging -3.1 1.2 YES -21 8 YES Construction -1.2 1.0 YES -95 81 YES Manufacturing -0.4 0.7 -64 95 Durable goods -0.1 0.7 -15 63 Nondurable goods -1.0 1.0 -49 51 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.6 -68 177 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.8 -11 54 Retail trade 0.0 0.7 -14 125 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.7 1.1 -43 83 Information -0.6 1.7 -20 56 Financial activities -0.5 0.9 -42 85 Finance and insurance -0.1 1.1 -1 77 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.6 1.4 YES -41 38 YES Professional and business services 0.1 1.1 33 244 Private Education and Health Services -1.4 0.6 YES -371 178 YES Private Educational Services -0.9 0.7 YES -38 27 YES Health care and social assistance -1.6 0.8 YES -333 172 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.1 0.9 YES -203 144 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 1.4 YES -37 35 YES Accommodation and food services -1.1 1.0 YES -167 140 YES Other services 0.6 1.4 41 90 Government -0.7 0.4 YES -163 94 YES Federal -2.2 0.7 YES -69 21 YES State and local -0.4 0.4 -94 91 YES State and local education -0.2 0.4 -23 38 State and local, excluding education -0.7 0.8 -71 80 REGION Northeast -0.9 0.6 YES -263 180 YES South -0.7 0.5 YES -426 342 YES Midwest -0.4 0.6 -116 205 West -0.4 0.6 -170 229 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 29, 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.