TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2023 and September 2024,
         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                      -274          321

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.3                      -234          318
    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.1                         0            6
    Construction                                   0.1          1.0                        19           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.5                       -28           60
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                        -2           41
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.8                       -27           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -174          149         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -27           41
      Retail trade                                -1.0          0.8         YES          -156          124         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                         9           52
    Information                                    0.5          1.1                        13           30
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        22           49
      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.7                        40           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.1                       -18           25
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.8                         5          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                        31           84
      Private Educational Services                 0.7          0.7                        26           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                         6           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.8         YES          -168          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.7                         0           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.2          0.9         YES          -168          104         YES
    Other services                                 0.7          1.1                        45           65
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -41           39         YES
    Federal                                       -0.5          0.3         YES           -14            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -27           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -23           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -3           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -124          109         YES
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -209          213
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        41          126
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        17          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 29, 2024.
  *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.