TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2025 and December 2025,
         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                                         0.1           0.2                      172            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.3                      152            350
    Mining and logging                                0.7           0.9                        4              5
    Construction                                      0.2           0.8                       12             62
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.5                        5             68
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        1             42
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.8                        4             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.6                       41            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.8                        0             48
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.8                       18            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.4           0.9                       22             61
    Information                                       0.9           1.1                       27             31
    Financial activities                              0.4           0.6                       40             58
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.7                        2             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing              1.6           0.9         YES           38             21         YES
    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.9                      -52            171
    Private Education and Health Services             0.2           0.4                       50            105
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.5                       -6             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.5                       57            102
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           1.0                       34            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.9           1.8                      -23             39
      Accommodation and food services                 0.4           1.1                       57            141
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.4                       -9             82
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       19             41
    Federal                                          -0.4           0.2         YES          -11              6         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       32             40
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -5             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.4           0.3         YES           36             23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       20            124
    South                                             0.0           0.4                       19            236
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       61            138
    West                                              0.2           0.5                       74            168

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 2026.
  *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.