Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
Industry and region	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026(p)	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026(p)
Total	7,612	6,088	7,110	4.6	3.7	4.3
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,764	5,379	6,385	4.8	3.8	4.6
Mining and logging	17	21	29	2.7	3.3	4.6
Construction	240	246	238	2.9	2.9	2.9
Manufacturing	448	400	495	3.4	3.1	3.8
Durable goods	315	277	344	3.9	3.4	4.2
Nondurable goods	132	124	151	2.7	2.5	3.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,043	904	1,122	3.5	3.0	3.8
Wholesale trade	210	149	191	3.3	2.4	3.1
Retail trade	504	458	610	3.2	2.8	3.8
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	329	298	321	4.3	3.8	4.3
Information	105	104	118	3.6	3.5	4.0
Financial activities	549	233	435	5.7	2.5	4.6
Finance and insurance	358	127	332	5.1	1.8	4.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	191	106	103	7.3	4.1	4.1
Professional and business services	1,344	1,108	1,042	5.7	4.7	4.5
Private education and health services	1,786	1,337	1,702	6.2	4.6	5.8
Private educational services	152	126	127	3.7	3.0	3.1
Health care and social assistance	1,634	1,211	1,575	6.7	4.9	6.2
Leisure and hospitality	931	781	969	5.5	4.5	5.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	143	97	114	5.6	3.7	4.5
Accommodation and food services	788	684	854	5.4	4.6	5.8
Other services	302	244	236	4.9	3.9	3.8
Government	847	710	724	3.5	2.9	3.0
Federal	125	89	91	4.0	3.2	3.3
State and local	722	621	633	3.4	2.9	3.0
State and local education	251	213	232	2.3	1.9	2.1
State and local, excluding education	471	408	401	4.7	4.0	4.0

REGION(3)
Northeast	1,378	1,060	1,253	4.7	3.6	4.3
South	2,895	2,527	2,705	4.7	4.0	4.4
Midwest	1,625	1,290	1,583	4.7	3.7	4.6
West	1,713	1,211	1,568	4.5	3.2	4.1
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.

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Last Modified Date: March 13, 2026