TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 2025,
         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                       -52          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                       -18          348
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.0                         0            6
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        16           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.5                       -15           65
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.6                        -5           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.9                        -9           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.6                       -19          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -16           44
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.8                        -9          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                         6           55
    Information                                    0.7          1.2                        21           34
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                        -9           55
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                       -16           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.1                         6           26
    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.8                       -32          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                       -21           87
      Private Educational Services                -0.2          0.6                        -8           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                       -13           86
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.9                        81          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.8                        -2           39
      Accommodation and food services              0.5          1.0                        83          129
    Other services                                -0.7          1.2                       -42           70
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -33           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -6            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -27           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -24           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -3           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                       100          114
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                      -129          231
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        -1          134
    West                                           0.0          0.5                       -23          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 2026.
  *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.