TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2022 and January 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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -130          303

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -151          301
    Mining and logging                             0.5          1.2                         5            8
    Construction                                   0.7          1.1                        66           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.5         YES           -67           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.5         YES           -42           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.7                       -25           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.5                        45          139
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.7                         4           37
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.8                       -29          117
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.8                        70           46         YES
    Information                                   -1.2          1.0         YES           -32           29         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.5                       -46           46
      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.6         YES           -60           41         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.0                        16           23
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -147          156
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        67           75
      Educational services                        -0.4          0.7                       -12           24
      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        79           71         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.7                       -28          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.8                         0           37
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.7                       -28           94
    Other services                                -0.4          1.1                       -14           59
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        21           41
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -6            7
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        26           40
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         3           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        25           25

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -55          104
    South                                         -0.3          0.4                       -67          191
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        42          124
    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -50          149

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 8, 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.