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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
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)
May
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)

Total

7,715 7,959 7,604 4.6 4.8 4.5

INDUSTRY

Total private

6,656 7,141 6,758 4.7 5.0 4.7

Mining and logging

22 27 18 3.4 4.2 2.7

Construction

408 266 273 4.7 3.1 3.2

Manufacturing

572 381 416 4.3 2.9 3.2

Durable goods

399 248 290 4.8 3.0 3.5

Nondurable goods

173 133 126 3.5 2.7 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

985 1,062 978 3.3 3.6 3.3

Wholesale trade

172 222 177 2.7 3.5 2.8

Retail trade

489 567 470 3.1 3.5 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

324 273 331 4.3 3.6 4.4

Information

118 184 150 3.9 5.9 4.9

Financial activities

414 460 447 4.3 4.8 4.6

Finance and insurance

319 306 364 4.6 4.4 5.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

95 154 83 3.7 5.9 3.2

Professional and business services

1,185 1,462 1,236 5.0 6.1 5.2

Private education and health services

1,776 1,904 1,702 6.3 6.5 5.9

Private educational services

192 180 162 4.6 4.1 3.9

Health care and social assistance

1,584 1,724 1,540 6.6 6.9 6.2

Leisure and hospitality

907 1,116 1,234 5.0 6.2 6.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

148 241 160 5.2 8.4 5.4

Accommodation and food services

759 876 1,074 5.0 5.8 6.9

Other services

270 279 305 4.3 4.4 4.8

Government

1,059 818 845 4.3 3.3 3.4

Federal

170 133 91 5.4 4.3 3.0

State and local

889 685 755 4.1 3.2 3.5

State and local education

275 228 272 2.4 2.0 2.4

State and local, excluding education

613 457 483 6.0 4.5 4.7

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,439 1,455 1,479 4.9 4.9 4.9

South

3,017 3,109 3,088 4.8 4.9 4.9

Midwest

1,707 1,751 1,696 4.9 4.9 4.8

West

1,552 1,643 1,340 4.0 4.2 3.5

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: July 01, 2025