TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between September 2025 and October 2025,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                         0.0           0.3                       12            466

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       23            459
    Mining and logging                               -0.5           1.2                       -3              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           0.9                      -18             79
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.7                       25             94
      Durable goods                                   0.3           0.7                       24             66
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           1.0                        1             54
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.8           0.6         YES          239            197         YES
      Wholesale trade                                 0.8           0.9                       52             62
      Retail trade                                    0.9           0.9                      142            148
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           1.1                       44             83
    Information                                      -0.9           1.6                      -30             52
    Financial activities                             -0.9           0.9                      -90             90
      Finance and insurance                          -1.0           1.1                      -69             78
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.8           1.7                      -21             43
    Professional and business services               -0.5           1.0                     -114            218
    Private Education and Health Services             0.2           0.6                       46            180
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.8                       -4             30
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.7                       49            176
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.8                      -22            140
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           1.5                       11             42
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           1.0                      -33            130
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.3                       -8             81
  Government                                          0.0           0.4                      -12             92
    Federal                                          -0.8           0.5         YES          -25             18         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.4                       13             88
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.3                      -11             38
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.7                       24             72

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.7                      -35            191
    South                                             0.1           0.5                       77            318
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.6                      -42            208
    West                                              0.0           0.6                       12            219

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 2025.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.