TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2025 and January 2026,
         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                       22            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       15            353
    Mining and logging                               -0.7           0.9                       -5              6
    Construction                                      0.3           0.9                       23             72
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.5                       13             63
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.5                       14             43
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.8                       -2             37
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -35            157
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.7                       16             42
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.8                       17            126
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.0           0.8         YES          -67             59         YES
    Information                                       0.1           1.1                        1             32
    Financial activities                             -0.5           0.6                      -43             58
      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.8                      -23             51
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.8           0.8                      -20             19         YES
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.8                       35            169
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                        3            112
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.5                       -1             21
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.5                        3            107
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           1.0                       23            162
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.8                       -4             43
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           1.1                       27            144
    Other services                                    0.0           1.3                       -1             76
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                        7             38
    Federal                                           0.1           0.2                        3              5
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        4             38
      State and local education                       0.1           0.3                        8             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                       -3             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.5                        1            126
    South                                             0.0           0.4                       39            233
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.5                      -36            146
    West                                              0.1           0.5                       17            166

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 2026.
  *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.