TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2025 and February 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                                         0.0           0.2                       25            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       46            350
    Mining and logging                                0.6           0.9                        4              5
    Construction                                      0.1           0.8                        8             62
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                        0             68
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        8             42
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.8                       -8             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.6                       -6            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.4           0.8                       23             48
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.8                      -34            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.9                        6             61
    Information                                       0.0           1.1                        0             31
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.6                       14             58
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.7                       11             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.9                        3             21
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.9                       82            171
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.4                      -21            105
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.5                        0             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.5                      -22            102
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           1.0                      -18            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.8                       17             39
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           1.1                      -35            141
    Other services                                   -0.3           1.4                      -17             82
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -21             41
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -5              6
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                      -15             40
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -8             26
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -8             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       10            124
    South                                             0.0           0.4                       -2            236
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       -7            138
    West                                              0.0           0.5                       25            168

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