Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	July 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025(p)	Change from: June 2025 - July 2025(p)	July 2024	Apr. 2025	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025(p)	Change from: June 2025 - July 2025(p)
Total	7,504	7,395	7,712	7,357	7,181	-176	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.3	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,585	6,562	6,876	6,536	6,398	-138	4.7	4.6	4.8	4.6	4.5	-0.1
Mining and logging	25	26	21	26	13	-13	3.9	4.1	3.2	4.0	2.1	-1.9
Construction	229	242	232	242	306	64	2.7	2.8	2.7	2.8	3.5	0.7
Manufacturing	499	392	425	396	437	41	3.7	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.3	0.3
Durable goods	337	257	296	243	261	18	4.1	3.1	3.6	3.0	3.2	0.2
Nondurable goods	162	135	129	153	176	23	3.2	2.7	2.6	3.1	3.5	0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	965	1,036	951	1,102	1,083	-19	3.2	3.4	3.2	3.7	3.6	-0.1
Wholesale trade	168	203	158	145	199	54	2.7	3.2	2.5	2.3	3.1	0.8
Retail trade	513	561	466	629	519	-110	3.2	3.5	2.9	3.9	3.2	-0.7
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	284	272	327	328	364	36	3.8	3.6	4.3	4.3	4.7	0.4
Information	115	165	177	189	202	13	3.8	5.3	5.7	6.0	6.4	0.4
Financial activities	434	418	490	366	413	47	4.5	4.3	5.0	3.8	4.3	0.5
Finance and insurance	332	283	388	273	311	38	4.7	4.0	5.4	3.9	4.4	0.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	102	135	102	93	102	9	4.0	5.1	3.9	3.6	3.9	0.3
Professional and business services	1,367	1,386	1,302	1,365	1,309	-56	5.7	5.8	5.4	5.7	5.5	-0.2
Private education and health services	1,694	1,716	1,771	1,570	1,389	-181	6.0	5.9	6.1	5.4	4.8	-0.6
Private educational services	175	168	156	135	135	0	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.3	0.0
Health care and social assistance	1,519	1,547	1,615	1,435	1,254	-181	6.3	6.2	6.5	5.8	5.1	-0.7
Leisure and hospitality	947	914	1,199	1,034	987	-47	5.3	5.1	6.6	5.7	5.5	-0.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	134	188	137	170	108	-62	4.9	6.5	4.8	5.9	3.8	-2.1
Accommodation and food services	813	727	1,062	864	878	14	5.4	4.8	6.9	5.7	5.8	0.1
Other services	310	267	308	245	259	14	4.9	4.2	4.9	3.9	4.1	0.2
Government	919	833	836	821	783	-38	3.8	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.2	-0.2
Federal	143	128	94	117	135	18	4.5	4.1	3.1	3.8	4.4	0.6
State and local	776	705	742	704	648	-56	3.7	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.0	-0.3
State and local education	249	242	284	259	231	-28	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.1	-0.2
State and local, excluding education	527	462	459	445	417	-28	5.2	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.1	-0.2

REGION(3)
Northeast	1,285	1,417	1,465	1,361	1,260	-101	4.4	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.3	-0.3
South	3,013	2,870	3,150	2,890	2,729	-161	4.8	4.6	5.0	4.6	4.3	-0.3
Midwest	1,639	1,585	1,665	1,629	1,602	-27	4.7	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.5	-0.1
West	1,566	1,523	1,433	1,477	1,590	113	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.8	4.1	0.3
Footnotes (1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. (2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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