TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2013 and November 2014,

         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                                              0.2          0.2                       410          244         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           397          237         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.0                         7            7

    Construction                                   0.0          1.1                         9           76

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.4                        -7           47

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.4                         5           33

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.6                       -11           30

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       127           96         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.7                        25           37

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.5         YES           113           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.7                       -11           37

    Information                                    0.0          0.6                        -2           18

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.5                        39           41

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.5                        29           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.2                         9           24

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.7                        52          119

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        49           50

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.6                        -6           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        55           47         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.7                        96           86         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          2.0                       -10           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.7                       106           76         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          0.9                        26           51

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        12           32

      Federal                                      0.3          0.3                         5            8

      State and local                              0.1          0.2                         6           31



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        97           96         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       130          139

    Midwest                                        0.6          0.4         YES           207          111         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                       -24          111



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 13, 2015.

  *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.