TABLE 7: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and October 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                        82          501

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.3                       204          495
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.2                        -4            8
    Construction                                  -0.5          1.0                       -40           81
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.7                       -43           95
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.7                       -27           63
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          1.0                       -16           51
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           1.5          0.6         YES           477          177         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.9          0.8         YES            58           54         YES
      Retail trade                                 1.8          0.7         YES           309          125         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.4          1.1         YES           111           83         YES
    Information                                   -0.5          1.7                       -18           56
    Financial activities                          -1.0          0.9         YES          -103           85         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -1.1          1.1                       -78           77         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.4                       -24           38
    Professional and business services             0.3          1.1                        49          244
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.6                       -76          178
      Private Educational Services                -0.3          0.7                       -19           27
      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.8                       -58          172
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.9                         2          144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          3.0          1.4         YES            99           35         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          1.0                       -97          140
    Other services                                -0.7          1.4                       -41           90
  Government                                      -0.5          0.4         YES          -122           94         YES
    Federal                                       -1.5          0.7         YES           -52           21         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.4                       -70           91
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.4                        -9           38
      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.8                       -61           80

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.1          0.6                        43          180
    South                                          0.3          0.5                       180          342
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.6                       -67          205
    West                                          -0.1          0.6                       -72          229

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.