TABLE 1: Job openings estimated rate and level changes between February 2025 and March 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 -0.2 0.3 -288 466 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.3 -229 459 Mining and logging -1.0 1.2 -7 8 Construction -0.4 0.9 -38 79 Manufacturing 0.0 0.7 4 94 Durable goods 0.0 0.7 0 66 Nondurable goods 0.1 1.0 5 54 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.6 -62 197 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.9 10 62 Retail trade -0.1 0.9 -13 148 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.8 1.1 -59 83 Information -0.2 1.6 -7 52 Financial activities -0.2 0.9 -14 90 Finance and insurance 0.3 1.1 25 78 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.4 1.7 -39 43 Professional and business services -0.1 1.0 -21 218 Private Education and Health Services -0.2 0.6 -61 180 Private Educational Services -0.6 0.8 -25 30 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.7 -37 176 Leisure and hospitality -0.2 0.8 -45 140 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.5 -3 42 Accommodation and food services -0.2 1.0 -42 130 Other services 0.3 1.3 20 81 Government -0.2 0.4 -59 92 Federal -1.1 0.5 YES -36 18 YES State and local -0.2 0.4 -24 88 State and local education 0.2 0.3 17 38 State and local, excluding education -0.4 0.7 -40 72 REGION Northeast -0.6 0.7 -180 191 South -0.1 0.5 -69 318 Midwest 0.1 0.6 36 208 West -0.2 0.6 -76 219 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 29, 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.