TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2025 and October 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                     -218            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -225            350
    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.9                        2              5
    Construction                                     -0.5           0.8                      -42             62
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.5                      -14             68
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                       -1             42
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.8                      -13             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.6                       14            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.8                       -5             48
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                       -5            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.9                       24             61
    Information                                      -0.1           1.1                       -4             31
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.6                      -12             58
      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.7                      -12             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.9                        2             21
    Professional and business services               -0.4           0.9                      -79            171
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.3           0.4                      -96            105
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.5                       -2             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.5                      -95            102
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.3           1.0                      -52            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           1.8                       -5             39
      Accommodation and food services                -0.3           1.1                      -47            141
    Other services                                    0.9           1.4                       58             82
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        7             41
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                       -1              6
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        8             40
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        7             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        1             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.5                      -19            124
    South                                             0.0           0.4                      -40            236
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -79            138
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -80            168

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.