TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and October 2022,
         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                      -84            296

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                      -95            293
    Mining and logging                               -0.3           1.2                       -2              8
    Construction                                     -0.4           1.0                      -27             72
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.4                       28             52
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.4                        9             34
      Nondurable goods                                0.4           0.8                       18             36
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.4                       11            124
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.6                        6             36
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.7                       -5            108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.7                       11             43
    Information                                      -0.3           0.9                       -9             26
    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.5                      -30             43
      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.5                      -21             33
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.8                       -9             19
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.7                      -14            136
    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -24             74
      Educational services                            0.0           0.5                        0             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.4                      -25             71
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.7                      -10            106
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.7                      -22             36
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.7                       12             93
    Other services                                   -0.3           1.2                      -18             68
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       10             39
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                       -1              7
    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       11             38
      State and local education                       0.2           0.2                       22             24
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                      -11             24

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.4                      -81            110
    South                                            -0.2           0.3                      -83            178
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       21            123
    West                                              0.2           0.4                       59            137

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 30, 2022.
  *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.