TABLE 1: Job Openings estimated rate and level changes between November 2025 and December 2025,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
           STATE                                    change        change*                  change         change*
           
Total U.S.                                            0.0           0.3                        9            517            
           
    Alabama                                          -0.1           0.7                       -4             15            
    Alaska                                           -0.6           1.1                       -2              4            
    Arizona                                          -0.5           0.7                      -18             22            
    Arkansas                                         -0.6           0.8                       -9             10            
    California                                        0.0           0.4                       -2             68            
    Colorado                                         -0.3           0.8                       -9             23            
    Connecticut                                      -0.1           0.7                       -2             12            
    Delaware                                          0.1           1.0                        1              5            
    District of Columbia                              0.7           1.1                        5              8            
    Florida                                          -0.1           0.5                      -10             51            
    Georgia                                          -0.5           0.6                      -29             29            
    Hawaii                                            0.0           1.0                        0              7            
    Idaho                                             0.0           0.9                        0              8            
    Illinois                                         -0.5           0.5                      -29             32            
    Indiana                                          -0.5           0.6                      -18             21            
    Iowa                                             -0.1           0.7                       -2             11            
    Kansas                                           -0.1           0.7                       -1             11            
    Kentucky                                         -0.3           0.7                       -5             14            
    Louisiana                                        -0.4           0.8                       -8             16            
    Maine                                            -0.4           0.9                       -3              6            
    Maryland                                         -0.2           0.7                       -6             21            
    Massachusetts                                    -0.2           0.7                       -8             25            
    Michigan                                          0.0           0.6                        0             25            
    Minnesota                                        -0.1           0.7                       -6             20            
    Mississippi                                      -1.0           0.8         YES          -13              9         YES
    Missouri                                          0.1           0.7                        3             20            
    Montana                                          -0.2           1.2                       -1              6            
    Nebraska                                         -0.2           0.8                       -3              8            
    Nevada                                           -0.2           0.9                       -3             14            
    New Hampshire                                    -1.3           1.0         YES          -10              7         YES
    New Jersey                                       -0.9           0.6         YES          -42             25         YES
    New Mexico                                       -0.5           0.9                       -5              8            
    New York                                         -0.2           0.4                      -18             44            
    North Carolina                                   -0.1           0.6                       -5             29            
    North Dakota                                     -0.6           1.0                       -3              5            
    Ohio                                              0.3           0.5                       21             29            
    Oklahoma                                         -0.4           0.7                       -7             13            
    Oregon                                            0.1           0.7                        2             14            
    Pennsylvania                                      0.1           0.5                        7             31            
    Rhode Island                                     -0.5           1.1                       -3              5            
    South Carolina                                   -0.3           0.8                       -8             18            
    South Dakota                                     -0.4           0.9                       -2              4            
    Tennessee                                        -0.4           0.7                      -16             22            
    Texas                                            -0.1           0.5                      -15             63            
    Utah                                              0.0           0.7                       -1             13            
    Vermont                                          -0.9           1.1                       -3              3            
    Virginia                                         -0.1           0.7                       -5             29            
    Washington                                        0.1           0.6                        4             22            
    West Virginia                                     0.0           1.0                        0              7            
    Wisconsin                                        -0.1           0.7                       -3             20            
    Wyoming                                          -0.3           1.2                       -1              4