TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and December 2024,
         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                                     -0.1          0.2                      -190          321

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -172          318
    Mining and logging                             0.5          1.1                         3            6
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -45           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -43           60
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.5                       -29           41
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.8                       -14           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.5                        11          149
      Wholesale trade                             -0.7          0.7                       -41           41
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.8                        28          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.8                        26           52
    Information                                   -0.1          1.1                        -4           30
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        19           49
      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        27           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.1                        -8           25
    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.8                       -70          166
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.4                        23           84
      Private Educational Services                 0.2          0.7                         6           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        17           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.8                       -98          112
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.7                       -20           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.9                       -79          104
    Other services                                 0.5          1.1                        32           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -18           39
    Federal                                       -0.5          0.3         YES           -12            7         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -6           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         2           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -7           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        43          109
    South                                         -0.6          0.4         YES          -315          213         YES
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        44          126
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        37          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 2025.
  *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.