TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and October 2025,
         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                      -272          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -271          348
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.0                         0            6
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -22           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.5                       -19           65
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.6                        23           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.9                       -42           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.6                      -109          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -28           44
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -60          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.8                       -21           55
    Information                                    0.1          1.2                         2           34
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        17           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        25           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                        -8           26
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.8                       -52          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -36           87
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.6                         2           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -38           86
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.9                       -40          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.8                        -5           39
      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          1.0                       -35          129
    Other services                                -0.3          1.2                       -13           70
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -2           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -9            7         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                         8           39
      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         9           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                        -2           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                         9          114
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -392          231         YES
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        27          134
    West                                           0.2          0.5                        84          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.