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	Nov. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022(p)	Nov. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022(p)
Total	10,922	11,170	10,280	10,687	10,512	10,458	6.8	6.8	6.3	6.5	6.4	6.4
INDUSTRY
Total private	9,935	10,065	9,240	9,627	9,528	9,501	7.3	7.2	6.6	6.9	6.8	6.8
Mining and logging	35	35	24	29	46	40	5.6	5.3	3.7	4.4	6.8	5.9
Construction	366	353	386	423	390	388	4.7	4.4	4.8	5.2	4.8	4.8
Manufacturing	806	910	846	835	722	779	6.0	6.6	6.2	6.1	5.3	5.7
Durable goods	499	530	514	490	480	498	6.0	6.2	6.0	5.8	5.6	5.8
Nondurable goods	307	380	332	346	242	281	6.1	7.2	6.4	6.6	4.7	5.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,913	1,778	1,576	1,620	1,647	1,638	6.4	5.8	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.4
Wholesale trade	318	278	342	243	285	261	5.3	4.5	5.5	4.0	4.6	4.2
Retail trade	1,036	946	792	855	850	887	6.2	5.6	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	559	554	442	521	512	490	7.6	7.3	5.9	6.9	6.8	6.5
Information	193	222	201	218	221	211	6.2	6.8	6.2	6.7	6.8	6.4
Financial activities	492	641	557	472	604	514	5.3	6.7	5.8	5.0	6.3	5.4
Finance and insurance	372	474	363	282	419	344	5.4	6.7	5.2	4.1	6.0	4.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	119	167	194	190	185	170	4.9	6.6	7.6	7.4	7.3	6.7
Professional and business services	1,904	1,991	1,812	1,940	1,814	2,026	8.1	8.2	7.5	8.0	7.5	8.3
Education and health services	2,125	2,165	2,168	2,277	2,159	2,090	8.2	8.1	8.1	8.5	8.0	7.8
Educational services	205	207	187	194	159	153	5.3	5.1	4.6	4.8	4.0	3.8
Health care and social assistance	1,920	1,958	1,981	2,083	1,999	1,937	8.7	8.7	8.7	9.1	8.7	8.5
Leisure and hospitality	1,666	1,516	1,397	1,578	1,637	1,519	10.0	8.8	8.1	9.1	9.3	8.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	196	203	193	213	209	180	8.3	8.1	7.7	8.4	8.2	7.2
Accommodation and food services	1,470	1,313	1,204	1,365	1,428	1,339	10.3	8.9	8.2	9.2	9.5	8.9
Other services	435	454	274	234	289	295	7.2	7.4	4.6	3.9	4.8	4.9
Government	987	1,104	1,040	1,060	984	957	4.3	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.1
Federal	151	158	139	181	120	76	5.0	5.2	4.6	5.9	4.0	2.6
State and local	836	946	900	880	864	881	4.2	4.7	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.3
State and local education	329	335	331	307	327	336	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.1	3.1
State and local, excluding education	507	611	569	573	537	545	5.3	6.3	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.6

REGION(3)
Northeast	1,880	1,776	1,634	1,670	1,661	1,560	6.6	6.1	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.4
South	4,137	4,322	4,092	4,227	4,150	4,142	7.0	7.1	6.7	6.9	6.8	6.8
Midwest	2,410	2,487	2,175	2,342	2,177	2,278	7.0	7.0	6.2	6.6	6.1	6.4
West	2,495	2,584	2,379	2,448	2,524	2,478	6.7	6.8	6.3	6.4	6.6	6.5
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

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