TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and November 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                                     -0.5          0.3         YES          -842          501         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.3         YES          -662          495         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.8          1.2                        -6            8
    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        25           81
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.7                       -38           95
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.7                        -8           63
      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          1.0                       -30           51
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.9          0.6         YES           270          177         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.8                         1           54
      Retail trade                                 1.4          0.7         YES           251          125         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          1.1                        18           83
    Information                                   -1.0          1.7                       -30           56
    Financial activities                          -2.2          0.9         YES          -216           85         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -2.2          1.1         YES          -165           77         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.9          1.4         YES           -51           38         YES
    Professional and business services            -1.4          1.1         YES          -362          244         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.9          0.6         YES          -228          178         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.8          0.7         YES           -39           27         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.9          0.8         YES          -190          172         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.9                       -30          144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.2          1.4                        35           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          1.0                       -65          140
    Other services                                -0.7          1.4                       -47           90
  Government                                      -0.7          0.4         YES          -180           94         YES
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.7                       -29           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.7          0.4         YES          -151           91         YES
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.4                       -28           38
      State and local, excluding education        -1.2          0.8         YES          -124           80         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.6                       -67          180
    South                                         -0.6          0.5         YES          -355          342         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.6                      -119          205
    West                                          -0.8          0.6         YES          -301          229         YES

  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.