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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)
Sept.
2022
Aug.
2023
Sept.
2023(p)
Sept.
2022
Aug.
2023
Sept.
2023(p)

Total

10,901 9,523 9,639 6.6 5.7 5.8

INDUSTRY

Total private

9,862 8,430 8,680 7.0 5.9 6.1

Mining and logging

29 29 35 4.5 4.3 5.1

Construction

428 384 438 5.1 4.5 5.1

Manufacturing

835 623 647 6.1 4.6 4.7

Durable goods

501 389 397 5.9 4.5 4.6

Nondurable goods

334 234 250 6.4 4.6 4.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,738 1,321 1,463 5.7 4.4 4.8

Wholesale trade

244 221 247 3.9 3.5 3.9

Retail trade

915 701 733 5.6 4.3 4.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

579 399 484 7.4 5.3 6.3

Information

220 195 155 6.6 5.9 4.8

Financial activities

479 560 684 5.0 5.7 7.0

Finance and insurance

281 407 512 4.0 5.7 7.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

198 153 172 7.6 5.8 6.6

Professional and business services

2,198 1,777 1,676 8.8 7.1 6.8

Education and health services

2,164 1,934 1,899 8.1 7.1 6.9

Educational services

181 158 165 4.5 4.1 4.0

Health care and social assistance

1,983 1,776 1,734 8.7 7.6 7.4

Leisure and hospitality

1,529 1,194 1,396 8.6 6.5 7.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

186 157 194 7.2 5.4 7.1

Accommodation and food services

1,344 1,037 1,203 8.9 6.7 7.8

Other services

244 412 286 4.1 6.5 4.6

Government

1,039 1,093 959 4.4 4.7 4.0

Federal

170 183 118 5.6 5.8 3.8

State and local

869 910 841 4.3 4.6 4.0

State and local education

280 344 320 2.6 3.5 2.9

State and local, excluding education

589 565 521 6.1 5.6 5.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,713 1,537 1,559 5.9 5.2 5.3

South

4,349 3,773 3,946 7.1 6.1 6.3

Midwest

2,363 2,064 2,101 6.7 5.8 5.9

West

2,476 2,149 2,033 6.4 5.5 5.2

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.

Last Modified Date: November 01, 2023