TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and December 2020,

         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         -396            265         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -384            257         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.1           1.4                        0             10

    Construction                                      0.2           0.9                       21             66

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.3                        0             38

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.3                       -1             27

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.5                        1             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.4                      -26            107

      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.5                       13             31

      Retail trade                                    0.6           0.6                       94             91         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -2.2           0.7         YES         -133             41         YES

    Information                                      -0.3           0.7                       -7             20

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.5                      -11             41

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.5                      -11             32

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.9                        1             19

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.6                      -18            112

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -12             67

      Educational services                           -0.4           0.6                      -15             22

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.3                        3             62

    Leisure and hospitality                          -2.0           0.6         YES         -302             95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -4.3           1.6         YES          -82             40         YES

      Accommodation and food services                -1.6           0.5         YES         -221             71         YES

    Other services                                   -0.5           1.1                      -29             65

  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -12             36

    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        1              6

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -13             36

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        5             21

      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.3                      -17             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -49            102

    South                                            -0.5           0.3         YES         -232            155         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -77            118

    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -36            118



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2021.

  *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.