TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2024 and October 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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -269            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.3           0.3                     -274            334
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.1                       -2              7
    Construction                                     -0.5           0.9                      -42             71
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.5                      -21             59
      Durable goods                                  -0.3           0.5                      -21             38
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.8                        0             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       28            142
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                        6             42
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.7                       17            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.9                        5             60
    Information                                      -0.3           1.1                       -9             30
    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.5                      -26             48
      Finance and insurance                          -0.5           0.6                      -32             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.2           0.8                        6             20
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.8                      -79            163
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                       -3             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.6           0.5         YES          -24             20         YES
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.4                       21             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.7           0.9                     -114            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.9           1.7                      -22             37
      Accommodation and food services                -0.6           1.1                      -91            135
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.2                       -5             71
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                        5             39
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -3              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        9             38
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        4             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        5             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -43            113
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -106            218
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -33            131
    West                                             -0.3           0.5                      -85            157

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