TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and November 2023,
         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          -842          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.2         YES          -794          301         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.2                        -2            8
    Construction                                   0.2          1.1                        24           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.5                       -45           59
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                        -6           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.7                       -39           34         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.9          0.5         YES          -260          139         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -28           37
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.8         YES          -139          117         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.3          0.8         YES           -94           46         YES
    Information                                   -1.3          1.0         YES           -42           29         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.5                       -38           46
      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.6                       -25           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.0                       -12           23
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -168          156         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                        -5           75
      Educational services                        -0.3          0.7                       -10           24
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                         5           71
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.7          0.7         YES          -247          101         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.8                       -18           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.8          0.7         YES          -229           94         YES
    Other services                                -0.2          1.1                       -10           59
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -48           41         YES
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -6            7
    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -41           40         YES
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -13           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.3         YES           -28           25         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -47          104
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -288          191         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.6          0.4         YES          -172          124         YES
    West                                          -1.0          0.4         YES          -335          149         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 2024.
  *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.