TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2021 and September 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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -494          308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -504          304         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.3                         5            9

    Construction                                  -0.1          1.1                         9           82

    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.4         YES           -98           55         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -56           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.1          0.7         YES           -42           32         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -136          133         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -12           36

      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.7         YES          -134          115         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                        11           45

    Information                                   -0.6          0.9                       -14           25

    Financial activities                          -0.8          0.5         YES           -65           43         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -1.2          0.5         YES           -77           34         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.0                        12           22

    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.8         YES          -144          159

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        10           74

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.6                        -7           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        17           65

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.6         YES           -73          100

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.7                       -25           35

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.7         YES           -49           91

    Other services                                -0.1          1.2                         3           67

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        10           41

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -2            7

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        12           40

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        16           23

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                        -4           24



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -101          105

    South                                         -0.4          0.3         YES          -148          184

    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.4         YES          -168          125         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -78          141



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 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.