TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and December 2021,

         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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -333            293         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -332            288         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.4                        0             10

    Construction                                     -0.7           1.0                      -46             69

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.4                      -30             45

      Durable goods                                  -0.3           0.4                      -18             32

      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.6                      -11             29

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.4                      -48            117

      Wholesale trade                                -0.4           0.6                      -22             33

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.6                      -18             97

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.7                       -8             42

    Information                                       0.0           0.8                       -2             22

    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.5                      -14             42

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.5                      -14             33

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.9                        1             20

    Professional and business services               -0.8           0.7         YES         -159            138         YES

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.3                      -12             76

      Educational services                            0.0           0.6                        0             22

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                      -12             74

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.6                      -24            105

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.7           1.7                      -16             35

      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.7                      -10             93

    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                        3             68

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       -1             39

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.3                       -5              7

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        3             38

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        4             24

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        0             30



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       -8            110

    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -155            163

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -18            128

    West                                             -0.5           0.4         YES         -151            132         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2022.

  *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.