Table 15. Annual average job openings levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 15. Annual average job openings levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	7,157	6,361	9,985	11,181	9,352
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,433	5,644	9,073	10,136	8,324
Mining and logging	27	14	27	36	31
Construction	319	256	345	399	384
Manufacturing	437	410	822	845	613
Durable goods	273	227	466	527	392
Nondurable goods	164	183	355	319	222
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,316	1,158	1,798	1,792	1,464
Wholesale trade	212	171	284	308	267
Retail trade	782	680	991	964	722
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	322	306	523	520	475
Information	141	111	177	224	144
Financial activities	372	324	432	558	481
Finance and insurance	269	246	313	394	346
Real estate and rental and leasing	104	79	119	164	135
Professional and business services	1,271	1,180	1,866	2,149	1,647
Private education and health services	1,306	1,198	1,788	2,172	1,925
Private educational services	120	103	167	167	170
Health care and social assistance	1,186	1,095	1,621	2,005	1,755
Leisure and hospitality	996	776	1,426	1,594	1,282
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	121	103	172	183	187
Accommodation and food services	875	673	1,254	1,410	1,096
Other services	246	216	392	367	353
Government	724	718	912	1,045	1,029
Federal	121	124	132	137	162
State and local	603	593	780	908	866
State and local education	223	212	305	333	304
State and local, excluding education	380	381	475	575	562

REGION(2)
Northeast	1,185	1,067	1,726	1,835	1,531
South	2,692	2,468	3,879	4,372	3,775
Midwest	1,611	1,379	2,139	2,388	2,008
West	1,669	1,448	2,240	2,586	2,039
Footnotes (1) The annual average job openings level is equal to the sum of the 12 monthly job openings levels divided by 12. (2) 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.
NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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