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. 2021	Dec. 2021	Jan. 2022	Feb. 2022	Mar. 2022	Apr. 2022(p)	Apr. 2021	Dec. 2021	Jan. 2022	Feb. 2022	Mar. 2022	Apr. 2022(p)
Total	9,265	11,448	11,283	11,344	11,855	11,400	6.0	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.3	7.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	8,309	10,343	10,235	10,256	10,812	10,392	6.3	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.7	7.4
Mining and logging	22	34	37	36	45	44	3.9	5.5	5.8	5.7	6.9	6.6
Construction	329	359	383	383	426	449	4.3	4.6	4.8	4.8	5.3	5.6
Manufacturing	865	746	859	785	877	996	6.6	5.6	6.4	5.9	6.5	7.3
Durable goods	484	422	500	467	536	589	6.0	5.1	6.0	5.6	6.4	6.9
Nondurable goods	381	324	360	318	340	407	7.6	6.4	7.0	6.2	6.6	7.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,773	1,942	1,832	1,993	2,036	1,958	6.1	6.4	6.1	6.5	6.6	6.4
Wholesale trade	261	295	294	317	295	282	4.4	4.9	4.8	5.2	4.8	4.6
Retail trade	1,016	1,036	1,029	1,139	1,263	1,101	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.7	7.4	6.5
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	496	611	510	537	478	575	7.0	8.2	6.9	7.2	6.4	7.6
Information	126	232	217	180	226	244	4.3	7.4	6.9	5.8	7.1	7.6
Financial activities	428	470	502	453	508	534	4.7	5.0	5.4	4.8	5.4	5.6
Finance and insurance	285	355	376	319	375	366	4.2	5.1	5.4	4.6	5.4	5.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	143	115	126	134	133	168	6.0	4.8	5.2	5.4	5.4	6.7
Professional and business services	1,660	2,021	2,078	2,038	2,330	2,181	7.3	8.5	8.7	8.5	9.5	9.0
Education and health services	1,543	2,187	2,146	2,256	2,278	2,004	6.1	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.6	7.6
Educational services	149	217	178	204	211	203	4.1	5.5	4.6	5.2	5.3	5.1
Health care and social assistance	1,394	1,970	1,968	2,052	2,067	1,801	6.5	8.9	8.9	9.2	9.2	8.1
Leisure and hospitality	1,201	1,990	1,698	1,720	1,660	1,513	8.1	11.7	10.0	10.0	9.7	8.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	159	205	175	203	207	173	7.8	8.6	7.3	8.3	8.4	7.1
Accommodation and food services	1,042	1,785	1,523	1,517	1,453	1,340	8.1	12.2	10.4	10.3	9.9	9.2
Other services	362	362	483	412	426	470	6.3	6.1	7.9	6.8	7.0	7.6
Government	956	1,105	1,048	1,088	1,044	1,008	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.3
Federal	149	167	125	162	128	94	4.9	5.5	4.2	5.3	4.3	3.2
State and local	807	938	924	926	915	914	4.1	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5
State and local education	302	361	373	380	327	334	2.9	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.1	3.1
State and local, excluding education	504	577	551	545	588	579	5.3	6.0	5.8	5.7	6.1	6.0

REGION(3)
Northeast	1,649	1,923	1,952	1,911	1,980	1,822	6.0	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.9	6.3
South	3,588	4,330	4,237	4,262	4,650	4,411	6.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.6	7.3
Midwest	2,022	2,530	2,587	2,487	2,533	2,648	6.1	7.3	7.4	7.1	7.2	7.5
West	2,007	2,664	2,507	2,684	2,693	2,519	5.6	7.1	6.7	7.1	7.1	6.7
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

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