Table 16. Annual average job openings rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 16. Annual average job openings rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [percent]
Industry and region	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	4.3	6.4	6.8	5.6	4.7
INDUSTRY
Total private	4.5	6.8	7.2	5.8	4.8
Mining and logging	2.2	4.5	5.7	4.5	3.7
Construction	3.4	4.4	4.9	4.6	3.6
Manufacturing	3.3	6.2	6.2	4.5	3.7
Durable goods	2.9	5.7	6.2	4.5	3.9
Nondurable goods	3.8	7.0	6.2	4.4	3.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4.2	6.1	5.9	4.8	3.4
Wholesale trade	3.0	4.7	4.9	4.1	2.7
Retail trade	4.4	6.1	5.9	4.4	3.2
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.7	7.3	6.8	6.2	4.3
Information	3.9	5.8	6.8	4.3	4.2
Financial activities	3.6	4.7	5.8	4.9	4.8
Finance and insurance	3.6	4.6	5.6	4.8	4.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.4	5.0	6.5	5.1	5.0
Professional and business services	5.5	8.0	8.7	6.6	5.7
Private education and health services	4.9	7.0	8.2	7.1	6.2
Private educational services	2.9	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.1
Health care and social assistance	5.2	7.5	8.9	7.5	6.5
Leisure and hospitality	5.6	9.1	9.1	7.2	5.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.5	8.0	7.3	6.8	5.2
Accommodation and food services	5.6	9.3	9.4	7.2	5.9
Other services	3.9	6.7	6.1	5.7	4.7
Government	3.1	4.0	4.5	4.3	3.8
Federal	4.1	4.4	4.6	5.3	4.5
State and local	3.0	3.9	4.5	4.2	3.7
State and local education	2.1	2.9	3.1	2.8	2.4
State and local, excluding education	4.0	5.0	6.0	5.7	5.1

REGION(2)
Northeast	4.0	6.2	6.3	5.2	4.6
South	4.5	6.7	7.1	6.0	4.9
Midwest	4.3	6.4	6.9	5.7	4.8
West	4.2	6.1	6.7	5.2	4.2
Footnotes (1) The annual average job openings rate is equal to the sum of the 12 monthly job openings levels as a percent of the sum of the 12 monthly CES employment levels and the sum of the 12 monthly job openings levels. (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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