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Table 5.  Job openings levels(1) and rates(2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  May      Apr.     May           May      Apr.     May
                                                   2007     2008     2008p         2007     2008     2008p

Total...........................................  4,361    3,725    3,802           3.1      2.6      2.7

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  3,886    3,300    3,325           3.2      2.8      2.8
  Natural resources and mining..................     15       16       16           2.0      2.1      2.1
  Construction..................................    196      114      143           2.5      1.6      1.9
  Manufacturing.................................    362      253      242           2.5      1.8      1.8
   Durable goods................................    213      152      143           2.3      1.7      1.6
   Nondurable goods.............................    150      102       99           2.9      2.0      2.0
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    690      555      629           2.5      2.1      2.3
   Wholesale trade..............................    212      123      147           3.4      2.0      2.4
   Retail trade.................................    350      334      388           2.2      2.2      2.5
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    128       98       95           2.5      1.9      1.8
  Information...................................    140       66       65           4.4      2.1      2.1
  Financial activities..........................    246      211      186           2.9      2.5      2.2
   Finance and insurance........................    198      151      127           3.1      2.4      2.0
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     48       60       59           2.2      2.8      2.7
  Professional and business services............    696      703      607           3.7      3.8      3.3
  Education and health services.................    724      694      687           3.8      3.5      3.5
   Educational services.........................     70       51       54           2.3      1.6      1.7
   Health care and social assistance............    654      644      633           4.1      3.9      3.8
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    643      544      603           4.5      3.9      4.2
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     75       83       89           3.5      4.0      4.1
   Accommodation and food services.............     567      461      514           4.7      3.8      4.2
  Other services................................    174      143      147           3.1      2.5      2.6

 Government.....................................    475      425      477           2.1      1.8      2.0
  Federal.......................................     37       27       43           1.3      1.0      1.6
  State and local...............................    438      398      433           2.2      1.9      2.1

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    670      616      613           2.5      2.3      2.3
  South.........................................  1,846    1,422    1,475           3.6      2.8      2.9
  Midwest.......................................    798      780      744           2.5      2.4      2.3
  West..........................................  1,047      907      970           3.3      2.8      3.0


  1 Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
  2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a
percent of total employment plus job openings.
  3 See footnote 8, table 1.
  p = preliminary.