TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and February 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                                         0.1           0.2                      120            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                      129            334
    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.1                       -3              7
    Construction                                      0.1           0.9                       13             71
    Manufacturing                                    -0.5           0.5                      -53             59
      Durable goods                                  -0.5           0.5                      -44             38         YES
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.8                       -9             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.4           0.5                      121            142
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                        7             42
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.7                       78            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           0.9                       37             60
    Information                                       0.4           1.1                       14             30
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                       -1             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                       -4             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.8                        3             20
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.8                       21            163
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                        2             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.5                       -3             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                        7             92
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.9                       15            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.8           1.7                       21             37
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           1.1                       -7            135
    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                        0             71
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -10             39
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -9             38
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -11             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        0             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                      -25            113
    South                                             0.2           0.4                      139            218
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       -2            131
    West                                              0.0           0.5                        8            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2, 2024.
  *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.