TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2025 and November 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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -253            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -195            350
    Mining and logging                               -0.5           0.9                       -3              5
    Construction                                      0.1           0.8                       11             62
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.5                      -26             68
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                       -3             42
      Nondurable goods                               -0.5           0.8                      -23             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.6                      -38            156
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.8                       -5             48
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                       -2            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           0.9                      -30             61
    Information                                       0.4           1.1                       12             31
    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.6                      -35             58
      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.7                      -15             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.8           0.9                      -20             21
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.9                      -17            171
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.3           0.4                      -67            105
      Private Educational Services                    0.2           0.5                        8             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.5                      -76            102
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           1.0                      -11            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           1.8                        4             39
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           1.1                      -15            141
    Other services                                   -0.4           1.4                      -20             82
  Government                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -58             41         YES
    Federal                                           0.4           0.2         YES           11              6         YES
    State and local                                  -0.3           0.2         YES          -69             40         YES
      State and local education                      -0.3           0.2         YES          -31             26         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.4           0.3         YES          -39             23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       25            124
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -129            236
    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.4                     -132            138
    West                                             -0.1           0.5                      -17            168

  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.