TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and November 2024,
         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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -301          321

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.3                      -283          318
    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.1                         2            6
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -48           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.5                       -61           60         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.5         YES           -46           41         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.8                       -14           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.5                         1          149
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -16           41
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -43          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.8                        61           52         YES
    Information                                    0.2          1.1                         7           30
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.6                       -35           49
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.7                       -22           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.1                       -13           25
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.8                       -32          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.4                      -100           84         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.7                        -2           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.4         YES           -99           76         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.8                       -19          112
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.8          1.7                        24           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.9                       -43          104
    Other services                                 0.0          1.1                         1           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -17           39
    Federal                                       -0.5          0.3         YES           -14            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -3           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         5           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -7           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -14          109
    South                                         -0.6          0.4         YES          -333          213         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -17          126
    West                                           0.2          0.5                        64          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 2025.
  *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.