TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 2023,
         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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -363            317         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.3           0.3                     -350            315         YES
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.2                       -2              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -17             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                      -12             58
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.5                        8             37
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.8                      -20             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.5                      -80            134
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.7                      -16             39
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.7                      -59            109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.7                       -5             44
    Information                                       0.5           1.1                       14             32
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                        1             45
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                        2             38
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           0.9                       -2             20
    Professional and business services               -0.7           0.7                     -163            142         YES
    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -20             82
      Educational services                           -0.4           0.6                      -13             21
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                       -8             77
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.8                      -72            116
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.7           1.8                      -16             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.8                      -56            104
    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                        1             68
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -13             41
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -4              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                      -10             40
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -10             25
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        1             26

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                       -8            111
    South                                            -0.1           0.4                      -73            193
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -72            121
    West                                             -0.6           0.4         YES         -209            148         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 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.