TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2020 and January 2021,

         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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -696          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -646          281         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          1.5                         4           10

    Construction                                  -0.7          1.1                       -64           80

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        24           45

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.4                         6           33

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.6                        19           26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                       -94          115

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.5                        14           31

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.6                       -79          100

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.8                       -29           44

    Information                                    0.3          0.8                         3           24

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.5                       -23           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.5                       -20           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.0                        -3           22

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.7                      -144          132         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                      -124           75         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.6                       -17           23

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.3         YES          -106           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                      -192           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.7                       -44           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.6                      -148           78         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          1.2                       -37           64

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -49           42         YES

    Federal                                       -0.6          0.2         YES           -16            7         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                       -33           42

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        -6           24

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -26           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -96          103

    South                                         -0.5          0.3         YES          -391          172         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                        15          125

    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -222          125         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 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.