TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and January 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                     -100            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                      -61            334
    Mining and logging                                0.8           1.1                        5              7
    Construction                                      0.3           0.9                       23             71
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.5                       23             59
      Durable goods                                   0.3           0.5                       23             38
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.8                        0             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -42            142
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.7                      -10             42
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.7                      -10            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.9                      -22             60
    Information                                      -0.1           1.1                       -1             30
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                        2             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.6                        4             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.8                       -2             20
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.8                       15            163
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.3           0.4                      -73             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.4           0.5                      -15             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.4                      -58             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.9                      -22            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.5           1.7                      -12             37
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           1.1                      -10            135
    Other services                                    0.1           1.2                        9             71
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -39             39
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              7
    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -39             38         YES
      State and local education                      -0.4           0.2         YES          -37             24         YES
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                       -2             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.4                       54            113
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -157            218
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       40            131
    West                                             -0.1           0.5                      -36            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 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.