TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -347          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -328          301         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.2                         2            8
    Construction                                   0.2          1.1                        28           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.5                       -75           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.5                       -27           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.7         YES           -47           34         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.5                      -138          139
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                        -8           37
      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.8                       -71          117
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.8                       -59           46         YES
    Information                                   -1.7          1.0         YES           -54           29         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.5                       -12           46
      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.6                        -8           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.0                        -3           23
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.8                        41          156
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        73           75
      Educational services                        -0.1          0.7                        -1           24
      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        74           71         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.3          0.7         YES          -166          101         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.8                        11           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.4          0.7         YES          -176           94         YES
    Other services                                -0.6          1.1                       -28           59
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -19           41
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -5            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -14           40
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -5           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -9           25

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                        -4          104
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -161          191
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -37          124
    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -145          149

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 5, 2023.
  *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.