TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2021 and October 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          -594          308         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.2         YES          -619          304         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.3                        -2            9
    Construction                                  -0.7          1.1                       -42           82
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.4         YES           -55           55
      Durable goods                               -0.7          0.5         YES           -47           38         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.7                        -8           32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -136          133         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.6                       -10           36
      Retail trade                                -1.1          0.7         YES          -151          115         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                        27           45
    Information                                   -1.4          0.9         YES           -34           25         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.5                       -16           43
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.5                       -14           34
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.0                        -2           22
    Professional and business services            -1.3          0.8         YES          -248          159         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                       -34           74
      Educational services                        -0.8          0.6         YES           -25           23         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.3                        -9           65
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.6         YES           -46          100
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.8          1.7         YES           -28           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.7                       -16           91
    Other services                                -0.3          1.2                        -8           67
  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        24           41
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -3            7
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        28           40
      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        20           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                         9           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.9          0.4         YES          -214          105         YES
    South                                         -0.6          0.3         YES          -279          184         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                       -83          125
    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -16          141

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 30, 2022.
  *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.