TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2023 and February 2023,
         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                     -164            317

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -145            315
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.2                        0              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -18             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.5                        2             58
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        3             37
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.8                       -1             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.5                      -69            134
      Wholesale trade                                 0.3           0.7                       19             39
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.7                      -60            109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.7                      -27             44
    Information                                       0.5           1.1                       14             32
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.5                      -19             45
      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.6                      -20             38
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.9                        1             20
    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.7                      -36            142
    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -23             82
      Educational services                            0.1           0.6                        5             21
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -28             77
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.8                       -2            116
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.2           1.8                       31             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           0.8                      -34            104
    Other services                                    0.1           1.2                        5             68
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -19             41
    Federal                                           0.2           0.2                        8              7         YES
    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -27             40
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.2                      -24             25
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -3             26

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -34            111
    South                                            -0.1           0.4                      -34            193
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -17            121
    West                                             -0.2           0.4                      -80            148

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 4, 2023.
  *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.