TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and November 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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           682          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           654          281         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.0          1.5                        -5           10

    Construction                                   0.5          1.1                        45           80

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            68           45         YES

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.4         YES            44           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.6                        25           26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       163          115         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.5                        30           31

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.6         YES           171          100         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.8         YES           -39           44

    Information                                    0.5          0.8                        19           24

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        28           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.5                        23           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.0                         6           22

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.7                       103          132

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        97           75         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.6                         4           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.3         YES            93           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.6                        85           95

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.7                        23           37

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.6                        62           78

    Other services                                 0.6          1.2                        49           64

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        28           42

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES           -11            7         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        39           42

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        33           24         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                         7           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        63          103

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       281          172         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        65          125

    West                                           0.7          0.4         YES           273          125         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 2022.

  *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.