TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and October 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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -511          321         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.3         YES          -490          318         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.1                        -2            6
    Construction                                  -1.3          1.0         YES           -97           75         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -35           60
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.5                       -30           41
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.8                        -4           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -47          149
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -18           41
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -35          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                         7           52
    Information                                    0.7          1.1                        23           30
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.6                       -26           49
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.7                       -20           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.1                        -6           25
    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.8                      -141          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -14           84
      Private Educational Services                -0.5          0.7                       -18           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                         4           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          0.8         YES          -214          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.7                       -12           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.5          0.9         YES          -202          104         YES
    Other services                                 1.0          1.1                        60           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -21           39
    Federal                                       -0.5          0.3         YES           -16            7         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -6           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -9           24
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         3           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -69          109
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -236          213         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -66          126
    West                                          -0.5          0.5                      -140          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 3, 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.