Job openings in the US fell by 176,000 to 7.18 million in July 2025, the lowest level since September 2024 and well below market expectations of 7.4 million. The largest declines came from health care and social assistance (-181,000), arts, entertainment, and recreation (-62,000), and mining and logging (-13,000). Regionally, openings dropped most in the South (-161,000), followed by the Northeast (-101,000) and the Midwest (-27,000), while the West bucked the trend with an increase of 113,000 openings.