TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and November 2022,
         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                                     -0.6          0.2         YES          -630          308         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -639          304         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.2          1.3                        -1            9
    Construction                                  -1.4          1.1         YES          -102           82         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.4         YES           -66           55         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.7          0.5         YES           -46           38         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.7                       -19           32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -122          133
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.6                       -10           36
      Retail trade                                -1.5          0.7         YES          -227          115         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.4          0.8         YES           115           45         YES
    Information                                    0.2          0.9                        12           25
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                         1           43
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.5                        -7           34
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.0                         8           22
    Professional and business services            -1.1          0.8         YES          -211          159         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                         0           74
      Educational services                        -0.7          0.6         YES           -24           23         YES
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        25           65
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.6         YES          -101          100         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.7                         0           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.2          0.7         YES          -101           91         YES
    Other services                                -1.0          1.2                       -49           67
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         9           41
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -9            7         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        19           40
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -8           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.3                        26           24         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -132          105         YES
    South                                         -0.6          0.3         YES          -265          184         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                       -82          125
    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -151          141         YES

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