Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	Apr. 2020	Dec. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021	Mar. 2021	Apr. 2021(p)	Apr. 2020	Dec. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021	Mar. 2021	Apr. 2021(p)
Total	4,630	6,752	7,099	7,526	8,288	9,286	3.4	4.5	4.7	5.0	5.4	6.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,996	6,094	6,380	6,868	7,446	8,374	3.6	4.8	5.0	5.3	5.7	6.4
Mining and logging	9	21	24	20	31	23	1.5	3.4	3.9	3.3	4.8	3.5
Construction	220	267	300	272	334	357	3.3	3.5	3.9	3.6	4.3	4.6
Manufacturing	279	479	537	572	749	851	2.4	3.8	4.2	4.5	5.7	6.5
Durable goods	148	271	308	298	393	471	2.1	3.4	3.9	3.8	4.9	5.8
Nondurable goods	131	209	228	273	356	380	2.9	4.3	4.7	5.6	7.1	7.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	851	1,215	1,308	1,396	1,562	1,670	3.4	4.3	4.6	4.9	5.4	5.8
Wholesale trade	159	173	192	216	256	320	2.8	3.0	3.3	3.7	4.3	5.3
Retail trade	446	764	793	819	899	965	3.3	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.6	6.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	246	277	323	361	406	386	4.1	4.3	5.0	5.5	6.1	5.8
Information	126	109	129	109	102	110	4.6	3.9	4.6	3.9	3.7	3.9
Financial activities	247	295	306	303	346	430	2.8	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.8	4.7
Finance and insurance	188	231	226	229	264	310	2.8	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.9	4.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	59	65	80	74	82	120	2.7	2.8	3.5	3.2	3.5	5.0
Professional and business services	837	1,478	1,404	1,373	1,421	1,517	4.2	6.7	6.4	6.2	6.4	6.8
Education and health services	947	1,277	1,368	1,592	1,431	1,439	4.2	5.2	5.6	6.4	5.8	5.8
Educational services	89	90	148	105	144	121	2.7	2.6	4.2	3.0	4.0	3.4
Health care and social assistance	857	1,187	1,220	1,486	1,287	1,319	4.4	5.6	5.8	7.0	6.1	6.2
Leisure and hospitality	345	747	738	942	1,195	1,586	3.8	5.4	5.3	6.5	8.0	10.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	50	62	81	134	206	248	4.1	3.5	4.5	7.2	10.3	11.6
Accommodation and food services	295	685	657	808	989	1,338	3.8	5.7	5.4	6.4	7.7	9.9
Other services	134	205	265	289	275	390	2.9	3.6	4.6	5.0	4.7	6.5
Government	634	659	719	658	843	913	2.8	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.8	4.1
Federal	106	98	79	88	126	149	3.6	3.3	2.7	3.0	4.2	4.9
State and local	528	561	641	570	717	764	2.7	2.9	3.3	3.0	3.7	3.9
State and local education	183	217	294	175	267	286	1.8	2.2	2.9	1.8	2.7	2.9
State and local, excluding education	345	344	347	395	450	478	3.7	3.7	3.7	4.2	4.8	5.1

REGION(3)
Northeast	862	1,142	1,165	1,294	1,524	1,739	3.5	4.2	4.3	4.7	5.5	6.2
South	1,749	2,645	2,831	2,972	3,163	3,537	3.5	4.8	5.1	5.3	5.6	6.3
Midwest	977	1,465	1,520	1,593	1,783	2,052	3.4	4.5	4.7	4.9	5.4	6.2
West	1,042	1,501	1,583	1,667	1,818	1,959	3.3	4.3	4.5	4.7	5.1	5.5
Footnotes (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) 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. (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: June 08, 2021

Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

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