TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and January 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                       19            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       18            350
    Mining and logging                               -1.0           0.9         YES           -6              5         YES
    Construction                                      0.3           0.8                       26             62
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.5                       32             68
      Durable goods                                   0.5           0.5                       40             42
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.8                       -8             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.6                       16            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.4           0.8                       22             48
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.8                       26            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           0.9                      -31             61
    Information                                       0.0           1.1                       -2             31
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.6                      -16             58
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.7                       -9             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.9                       -7             21
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.9                       36            171
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.4                      -21            105
      Private Educational Services                   -0.4           0.5                      -16             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.5                       -5            102
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           1.0                      -50            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.8                       18             39
      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           1.1                      -67            141
    Other services                                    0.1           1.4                        3             82
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        2             41
    Federal                                           0.1           0.2                        3              6
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -1             40
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -6             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        4             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.5                       34            124
    South                                             0.2           0.4                      144            236
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                      -16            138
    West                                             -0.3           0.5                     -142            168

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.