TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between March 2025 and March 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                                      0.0          0.3                      -122          514

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                       -13          505
    Mining and logging                             1.1          1.2                         6            8
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -52           86
    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.7                        73           96
      Durable goods                                0.5          0.8                        40           72
      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.9                        34           48
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.5         YES           218          167         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.8          0.9                       -52           58
      Retail trade                                 1.4          0.7         YES           242          125         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          1.1                        28           84
    Information                                   -1.1          1.6                       -38           51
    Financial activities                           0.8          1.0                        79           99
      Finance and insurance                        1.9          1.1         YES           139           82         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -2.3          1.7         YES           -60           45         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.0          1.1                      -235          256
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.7                        19          197
      Private Educational Services                -0.7          0.9                       -33           35
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.8                        52          194
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.9                       -12          156
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.4                       -11           37
      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          1.0                        -1          151
    Other services                                -1.1          1.4                       -72           88
  Government                                      -0.4          0.4                      -109           96         YES
    Federal                                       -1.3          0.6         YES           -51           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.4                       -58           93
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.4                       -43           39         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.8                       -15           79

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.7                       -35          206
    South                                          0.0          0.5                        24          349
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.6                       -73          228
    West                                          -0.1          0.6                       -38          232

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 5, 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.