TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and December 2023,
         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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -539          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -523          301         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.9          1.2                        -6            8
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.1                        -8           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.5                       -61           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.5                       -37           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.7                       -25           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -188          139         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.7                         8           37
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.8         YES          -127          117         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.8         YES           -69           46         YES
    Information                                   -0.4          1.0                       -13           29
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                         7           46
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.6                         1           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.0                         6           23
    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.8                       -93          156
    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -79           75         YES
      Educational services                         0.2          0.7                         8           24
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -87           71         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.7                       -53          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.8                        10           37
      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.7                       -63           94
    Other services                                -0.5          1.1                       -28           59
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -16           41
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.3                        -2            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -14           40
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         1           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -15           25

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -37          104
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -254          191         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.4         YES          -211          124         YES
    West                                          -0.1          0.4                       -37          149

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 2024.
  *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.