TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between January 2025 and January 2026,
         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                                      0.0          0.2                        61          368

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.3                        95          366
    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.0                        -4            6
    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        22           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.6                       -19           71
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.6                       -14           51
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.9                        -5           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.5                       -45          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.8                         7           47
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -43          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                        -9           57
    Information                                    1.0          1.2                        25           34
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -46           56
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.7                       -31           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.0                       -13           23
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.8                         7          158
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.4                        19          100
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.6                         4           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        15           93
    Leisure and hospitality                        1.1          1.0         YES           187          162         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.7                       -13           38
      Accommodation and food services              1.4          1.2         YES           200          155         YES
    Other services                                -0.9          1.2                       -52           70
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -34           40
    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                        -3            6
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -31           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -19           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -12           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.2          0.5                        53          126
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                      -101          237
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -14          140
    West                                           0.3          0.5                       122          176

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 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.