TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and December 2024,
         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                                         0.0           0.2                       89            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       69            334
    Mining and logging                                0.2           1.1                        1              7
    Construction                                     -0.3           0.9                      -24             71
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                        1             59
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        3             38
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.8                       -1             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       20            142
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.7                      -19             42
      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.7                       45            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.9                       -4             60
    Information                                       0.0           1.1                       -2             30
    Financial activities                              0.5           0.5                       51             48         YES
      Finance and insurance                           0.7           0.6         YES           48             41         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.8                        2             20
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.8                       11            163
    Private Education and Health Services             0.1           0.4                       26             96
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.5                        6             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.4                       20             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.9                      -33            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.2           1.7                      -32             37
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           1.1                       -2            135
    Other services                                    0.3           1.2                       17             71
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       20             39
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              7
    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       20             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        8             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.3                       12             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       16            113
    South                                             0.0           0.4                       22            218
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       -1            131
    West                                              0.1           0.5                       51            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 2025.
  *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.