TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2020 and October 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                                      0.1          0.2                       377          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       365          281         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.5                         7           10

    Construction                                  -0.4          1.1                       -22           80

    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.3         YES           112           45         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.4         YES            52           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.2          0.6         YES            60           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                         5          115

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.5                        26           31

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.6                       116          100         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -2.5          0.8         YES          -137           44         YES

    Information                                    0.3          0.8                        16           24

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.5         YES           -42           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.5                       -24           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.0          1.0                       -19           22

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       160          132         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        87           75         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.6                        22           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        65           68

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.6                        57           95

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.7                        11           37

      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.6                        46           78

    Other services                                -0.5          1.2                       -12           64

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        13           42

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                        -2            7

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        15           42

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         5           24

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                         9           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        40          103

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       172          172

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                       104          125

    West                                           0.0          0.4                        61          125



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 2021.

  *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.