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Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
July
2022		 June
2023		 July
2023(p)		 July
2022		 June
2023		 July
2023(p)

Total

 12,392 8,885 9,515 7.5 5.4 5.7

INDUSTRY

Total private

 11,162 7,736 8,479 7.8 5.4 5.9

Mining and logging

 39 29 28 5.9 4.3 4.2

Construction

 380 397 385 4.5 4.7 4.5

Manufacturing

 938 575 567 6.8 4.2 4.2

Durable goods

 558 365 362 6.5 4.3 4.2

Nondurable goods

 380 210 205 7.2 4.1 4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 1,965 1,411 1,650 6.4 4.7 5.4

Wholesale trade

 291 266 242 4.6 4.2 3.8

Retail trade

 1,067 697 859 6.4 4.3 5.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 608 448 550 7.9 5.9 7.2

Information

 261 152 265 7.7 4.7 7.9

Financial activities

 703 427 565 7.2 4.4 5.8

Finance and insurance

 535 300 399 7.4 4.3 5.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

 168 127 166 6.5 4.9 6.3

Professional and business services

 2,242 1,444 1,424 9.0 5.9 5.8

Education and health services

 2,410 1,775 1,928 9.1 6.6 7.1

Educational services

 246 166 229 6.5 4.3 5.9

Health care and social assistance

 2,164 1,610 1,699 9.5 7.0 7.3

Leisure and hospitality

 1,734 1,160 1,339 9.4 6.3 7.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 198 142 159 7.0 4.9 5.4

Accommodation and food services

 1,536 1,017 1,180 9.8 6.5 7.5

Other services

 489 366 328 7.8 5.8 5.2

Government

 1,230 1,149 1,036 5.5 4.8 4.6

Federal

 184 160 123 6.0 5.2 4.0

State and local

 1,047 989 914 5.4 4.8 4.7

State and local education

 429 320 279 4.6 3.1 3.0

State and local, excluding education

 617 669 635 6.2 6.6 6.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

 1,920 1,445 1,617 6.6 4.9 5.5

South

 4,820 3,695 3,776 7.8 6.0 6.1

Midwest

 2,654 1,859 1,955 7.5 5.3 5.6

West

 2,997 1,886 2,168 7.6 4.8 5.5

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.
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Last Modified Date: August 29, 2023