TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and November 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                                     -0.1          0.2                      -235          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -192          348
    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.0                        -4            6
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                         0           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.5                       -16           65
      Durable goods                                0.1          0.6                         3           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.9                       -19           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.6                      -124          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -30           44
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.8                       -21          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.8         YES           -73           55         YES
    Information                                    0.3          1.2                         8           34
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -22           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                         1           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.1                       -22           26
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.8                        -3          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -40           87
      Private Educational Services                 0.2          0.6                         9           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -48           86
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.9                        22          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.8                         7           39
      Accommodation and food services              0.0          1.0                        14          129
    Other services                                -0.2          1.2                       -13           70
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -43           40         YES
    Federal                                        0.4          0.2         YES             8            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -51           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -25           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -27           24         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        72          114
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -254          231         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -23          134
    West                                          -0.1          0.5                       -31          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 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.