TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and November 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                     -125            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -114            334
    Mining and logging                                0.2           1.1                        1              7
    Construction                                     -0.1           0.9                       -3             71
    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.5                      -39             59
      Durable goods                                  -0.3           0.5                      -19             38
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.8                      -20             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -23            142
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.7                       -9             42
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.7                      -29            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.9                       16             60
    Information                                       0.3           1.1                        9             30
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.5                      -17             48
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.6                      -12             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.8                       -5             20
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.8                      -66            163
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.4                      -13             96
      Private Educational Services                    0.3           0.5                       11             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -23             92
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.5           0.9                       74            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.7                        0             37
      Accommodation and food services                 0.5           1.1                       75            135
    Other services                                   -0.7           1.2                      -38             71
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -11             39
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -2              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                      -10             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -1             24
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -8             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       14            113
    South                                            -0.3           0.4                     -193            218
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       19            131
    West                                              0.1           0.5                       37            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 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.