TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and November 2020,

         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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           151          264



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           161          261

    Mining and logging                             1.8          1.5         YES             9           11

    Construction                                  -0.1          1.1                       -18           74

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            62           39         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        24           30

      Nondurable goods                             1.0          0.5         YES            38           23         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.4         YES            94          101

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.5                         1           29

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.5                        -7           81

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.7          0.8         YES           100           43         YES

    Information                                   -0.8          0.8                       -30           21         YES

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.5                         9           39

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        19           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          0.9                       -11           20

    Professional and business services             0.9          0.7         YES           132          125         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        27           68

      Educational services                         0.1          0.6                        -4           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        31           62

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.6                      -118           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.9                       -25           44

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.6                       -92           73         YES

    Other services                                 0.1          1.2                        -6           66

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -10           41

    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         6            7

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                       -16           38

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -22           22

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                         5           23



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        17           97

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           181          163         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                        47          120

    West                                           0.0          0.4                       -93          116



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 12, 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.