TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2015 and January 2016,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -372            225         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -333            220         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.5           0.9                       -4              6

    Construction                                     -0.4           1.0                      -27             67

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                        3             43

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.4                        5             29

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.5                       -2             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.4                      -49             91

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.6                        6             37

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.5                      -21             70

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.7           0.7                      -34             33         YES

    Information                                       0.4           0.6                       11             17

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.5                        7             39

      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.5                       17             29

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.5           1.1                      -10             23

    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.6                     -101            102

    Education and health services                    -0.4           0.3         YES          -91             51         YES

      Educational services                           -1.2           0.6         YES          -42             17         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.3                      -49             46         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.7                      -65             87

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           1.8                        2             34

      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           0.6                      -67             74

    Other services                                   -0.3           1.0                      -18             52

  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -38             32         YES

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.3                       -6              7

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -32             31         YES

      State and local education                      -0.2           0.2                      -17             17

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.2                      -16             20



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.3                      -33             87

    South                                            -0.5           0.3         YES         -276            143         YES

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                       -7            104

    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -55            103



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 2016.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.