TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and November 2024, 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 -0.4 0.3 YES -735 460 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.5 0.3 YES -636 455 YES Mining and logging -0.5 1.2 -4 8 Construction -2.0 1.0 YES -169 81 YES Manufacturing -1.0 0.6 YES -139 83 YES Durable goods -1.2 0.7 YES -115 57 YES Nondurable goods -0.5 0.9 -25 46 Trade, transportation, and utilities -1.2 0.6 YES -358 183 YES Wholesale trade -2.2 0.8 YES -143 49 YES Retail trade -0.3 0.9 -55 154 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -2.1 1.2 YES -159 83 YES Information -0.8 1.3 -27 47 Financial activities 1.4 0.8 YES 144 77 YES Finance and insurance 1.5 0.9 YES 119 65 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.9 1.4 25 34 Professional and business services 1.5 1.0 YES 384 229 YES Private Education and Health Services -1.0 0.6 YES -249 161 YES Private Educational Services 0.6 0.7 25 25 Health care and social assistance -1.3 0.6 YES -274 156 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.0 0.7 YES -173 133 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.7 1.4 YES -40 34 YES Accommodation and food services -0.9 0.8 YES -133 121 YES Other services -0.8 1.3 -44 85 Government -0.5 0.4 YES -99 86 YES Federal -1.1 0.6 YES -34 20 YES State and local -0.4 0.4 -64 83 State and local education -0.3 0.3 -25 36 State and local, excluding education -0.6 0.7 -40 73 REGION Northeast -0.9 0.6 YES -242 170 YES South -0.1 0.5 -72 294 Midwest -0.8 0.5 YES -272 191 YES West -0.4 0.5 -150 199 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 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.