TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2024 and January 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                      -188          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -182          348
    Mining and logging                            -0.9          1.0                        -7            6         YES
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -16           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.5                       -49           65
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.6                       -12           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.8          0.9                       -38           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.6                        86          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                        12           44
      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.8                        58          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                        16           55
    Information                                    0.2          1.2                         4           34
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.6                         3           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                        10           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.1                        -6           26
    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.8                       -67          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -25           87
      Private Educational Services                -0.6          0.6                       -19           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                        -5           86
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.9                      -127          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.8                        -8           39
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          1.0                      -118          129
    Other services                                 0.2          1.2                        17           70
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -6           40
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -7            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                         0           39
      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        14           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -13           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -44          114
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                       -64          231
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -32          134
    West                                          -0.2          0.5                       -47          173

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