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Economic News Release
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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)
Mar.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023(p)
Change from:
Feb. 2023 -
Mar. 2023(p)
Mar.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023(p)
Change from:
Feb. 2023 -
Mar. 2023(p)

Total

12,027 11,234 10,563 9,974 9,590 -384 7.4 6.8 6.4 6.0 5.8 -0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

11,009 10,126 9,536 8,959 8,541 -418 7.8 7.1 6.7 6.3 6.0 -0.3

Mining and logging

40 39 36 39 33 -6 6.4 5.8 5.3 5.8 4.9 -0.9

Construction

413 488 283 404 341 -63 5.1 5.8 3.5 4.9 4.1 -0.8

Manufacturing

905 797 732 707 693 -14 6.6 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.1 -0.1

Durable goods

555 519 462 459 414 -45 6.6 6.0 5.4 5.4 4.9 -0.5

Nondurable goods

350 278 270 248 279 31 6.8 5.4 5.2 4.8 5.4 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

2,156 1,763 1,837 1,671 1,442 -229 7.0 5.8 6.0 5.5 4.8 -0.7

Wholesale trade

334 265 304 291 291 0 5.3 4.2 4.8 4.6 4.6 0.0

Retail trade

1,336 964 901 801 717 -84 7.9 5.9 5.5 4.9 4.4 -0.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

486 534 633 579 435 -144 6.4 6.8 8.0 7.4 5.6 -1.8

Information

254 106 138 169 184 15 7.8 3.3 4.3 5.2 5.6 0.4

Financial activities

523 610 451 461 486 25 5.5 6.3 4.7 4.8 5.1 0.3

Finance and insurance

386 445 337 331 345 14 5.5 6.2 4.8 4.7 4.9 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

137 165 114 130 141 11 5.5 6.4 4.5 5.1 5.5 0.4

Professional and business services

2,349 2,087 2,101 1,852 1,717 -135 9.5 8.4 8.4 7.5 7.0 -0.5

Education and health services

2,276 2,080 2,012 1,874 1,830 -44 8.6 7.7 7.5 7.0 6.8 -0.2

Educational services

186 181 178 184 212 28 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 5.1 0.6

Health care and social assistance

2,090 1,899 1,834 1,690 1,619 -71 9.3 8.3 8.0 7.4 7.1 -0.3

Leisure and hospitality

1,678 1,859 1,588 1,428 1,507 79 9.7 10.2 8.8 8.0 8.3 0.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

218 180 188 218 221 3 8.8 7.0 7.2 8.2 8.3 0.1

Accommodation and food services

1,460 1,679 1,400 1,210 1,285 75 9.9 10.8 9.1 7.9 8.3 0.4

Other services

413 297 359 353 308 -45 6.8 4.9 5.8 5.7 5.0 -0.7

Government

1,019 1,109 1,027 1,015 1,049 34 4.4 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.4 0.1

Federal

125 156 169 140 126 -14 4.2 5.1 5.5 4.6 4.2 -0.4

State and local

894 953 858 876 922 46 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.3 4.5 0.2

State and local education

309 325 323 331 327 -4 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 -0.1

State and local, excluding education

585 628 535 545 595 50 6.1 6.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 0.5

REGION(3)

Northeast

2,024 1,746 1,679 1,617 1,596 -21 7.0 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.4 -0.1

South

4,838 4,415 4,312 4,141 4,076 -65 7.9 7.1 7.0 6.7 6.6 -0.1

Midwest

2,488 2,536 2,311 2,031 1,898 -133 7.1 7.1 6.5 5.8 5.4 -0.4

West

2,677 2,537 2,261 2,185 2,019 -166 7.0 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 -0.4

Footnotes
(1) The job openings level is 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 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

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: May 02, 2023