TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and May 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                                     -0.1          0.3                      -111          501

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                       102          495
    Mining and logging                            -0.7          1.2                        -4            8
    Construction                                  -1.5          1.0         YES          -135           81         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -1.1          0.7         YES          -156           95         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.3          0.7         YES          -109           63         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.0          1.0                       -47           51
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.6                        -7          177
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.8                         5           54
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.7                       -19          125
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          1.1                         7           83
    Information                                    1.0          1.7                        32           56
    Financial activities                           0.3          0.9                        33           85
      Finance and insurance                        0.5          1.1                        45           77
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.4                       -12           38
    Professional and business services             0.2          1.1                        51          244
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.6                       -74          178
      Private Educational Services                -0.7          0.7                       -30           27         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.8                       -44          172
    Leisure and hospitality                        1.6          0.9         YES           327          144         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.4                        12           35
      Accommodation and food services              1.9          1.0         YES           315          140         YES
    Other services                                 0.5          1.4                        35           90
  Government                                      -0.9          0.4         YES          -214           94         YES
    Federal                                       -2.4          0.7         YES           -79           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.6          0.4         YES          -134           91         YES
      State and local education                    0.0          0.4                        -3           38
      State and local, excluding education        -1.3          0.8         YES          -130           80         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.6                        40          180
    South                                          0.1          0.5                        71          342
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.6                       -11          205
    West                                          -0.5          0.6                      -212          229

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