TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and December 2020,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                      0.0          0.2                      -237          264



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                      -223          261

    Mining and logging                             0.5          1.5                         1           11

    Construction                                   0.1          1.1                        -3           74

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            71           39         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.4         YES            35           30         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.5         YES            36           23         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.4         YES           110          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.5         YES            37           29         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.5                        61           81

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                        12           43

    Information                                   -0.6          0.8                       -19           21

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.5                       -19           39

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.5                        -9           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          0.9                       -10           20

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.7                        34          125

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                       -25           68

      Educational services                        -0.5          0.6                       -24           23         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        -1           62

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.6         YES          -318           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.8          1.9         YES           -81           44         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.6         YES          -236           73         YES

    Other services                                -0.8          1.2                       -54           66

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -14           41

    Federal                                        0.3          0.2         YES            11            7         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -25           38

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -15           22

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                       -10           23



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                       -26           97

    South                                          0.0          0.3                      -102          163

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                        33          120

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                      -141          116         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2021.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.