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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	6,358	9,979	11,180	9,270	7,780
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,644	9,066	10,135	8,235	6,854
Mining and logging	14	27	37	30	24
Construction	257	345	399	387	307
Manufacturing	410	821	845	603	493
Durable goods	227	466	526	380	323
Nondurable goods	183	354	319	223	169
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,160	1,797	1,793	1,447	1,013
Wholesale trade	172	284	308	264	169
Retail trade	682	990	965	708	519
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	307	523	519	475	325
Information	111	177	224	137	129
Financial activities	324	432	558	468	458
Finance and insurance	246	313	394	337	327
Real estate and rental and leasing	79	119	165	131	131
Professional and business services	1,178	1,863	2,147	1,603	1,360
Private education and health services	1,198	1,789	2,172	1,930	1,745
Private educational services	104	168	167	176	171
Health care and social assistance	1,094	1,621	2,004	1,753	1,574
Leisure and hospitality	776	1,424	1,593	1,277	1,031
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	104	172	183	184	143
Accommodation and food services	672	1,253	1,410	1,094	889
Other services	216	393	367	352	296
Government	714	913	1,046	1,035	925
Federal	125	131	137	163	142
State and local	589	781	909	872	784
State and local education	211	305	333	306	264
State and local, excluding education	377	476	576	566	520

REGION(2)
Northeast	1,066	1,725	1,835	1,519	1,363
South	2,466	3,877	4,372	3,761	3,100
Midwest	1,378	2,138	2,388	1,986	1,690
West	1,448	2,239	2,586	2,003	1,627
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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