TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2021 and December 2022,
         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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -269          308

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -295          304
    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.3                         1            9
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.1                        -4           82
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.4                       -40           55
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.5                       -17           38
      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.7                       -23           32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -56          133
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         3           36
      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.7                       -79          115
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.8                        20           45
    Information                                   -0.7          0.9                       -16           25
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.5                       -37           43
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.5                       -30           34
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.0                        -7           22
    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.8                       -96          159
    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        44           74
      Educational services                        -0.4          0.6                       -15           23
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        59           65
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.6         YES           -85          100
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.7                         2           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.7         YES           -87           91
    Other services                                -0.2          1.2                        -6           67
  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        26           41
    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         5            7
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        21           40
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -1           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.3                        22           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -106          105         YES
    South                                         -0.3          0.3                       -95          184
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        41          125
    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -109          141

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2023.
  *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.