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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)
May
2023		 Apr.
2024		 May
2024(p)		 May
2023		 Apr.
2024		 May
2024(p)

Total

 9,093 8,453 7,846 5.5 5.1 4.7

INDUSTRY

Total private

 8,009 7,557 6,739 5.7 5.3 4.7

Mining and logging

 28 24 25 4.1 3.7 3.8

Construction

 409 355 353 4.8 4.2 4.1

Manufacturing

 582 490 586 4.3 3.7 4.3

Durable goods

 352 327 412 4.2 3.9 4.8

Nondurable goods

 230 162 174 4.5 3.3 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 1,556 1,044 1,046 5.1 3.5 3.5

Wholesale trade

 283 204 194 4.4 3.2 3.0

Retail trade

 774 500 507 4.8 3.1 3.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 499 340 345 6.6 4.6 4.6

Information

 155 116 127 4.8 3.7 4.1

Financial activities

 372 503 375 3.9 5.2 3.9

Finance and insurance

 258 344 274 3.7 4.9 3.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 114 159 100 4.4 6.0 3.9

Professional and business services

 1,448 1,498 1,337 6.0 6.1 5.5

Private education and health services

 1,764 1,914 1,693 6.5 6.8 6.1

Private educational services

 192 226 191 4.7 5.3 4.7

Health care and social assistance

 1,572 1,688 1,502 6.9 7.0 6.3

Leisure and hospitality

 1,347 1,285 933 7.4 7.1 5.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 174 189 155 6.3 6.8 5.4

Accommodation and food services

 1,173 1,096 778 7.6 7.2 5.1

Other services

 349 328 263 5.7 5.3 4.2

Government

 1,084 896 1,107 4.5 3.7 4.5

Federal

 173 150 180 5.6 4.8 5.7

State and local

 911 747 927 4.3 3.5 4.3

State and local education

 350 254 307 3.1 2.2 2.7

State and local, excluding education

 561 493 620 5.7 5.0 6.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

 1,436 1,391 1,434 4.9 4.7 4.8

South

 3,748 3,617 3,163 6.0 5.8 5.0

Midwest

 2,086 1,777 1,711 5.9 5.0 4.8

West

 1,823 1,668 1,538 4.7 4.3 4.0

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: July 02, 2024