TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and September 2021,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                         0.0           0.2                      -38            293



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       50            288

    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.4                       -4             10

    Construction                                     -0.6           1.0                      -41             69

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.4                        9             45

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.4                        3             32

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.6                        6             29

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.4                      -27            117

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.6                       -4             33

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.6                      -39             97

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.7                       17             42

    Information                                       0.1           0.8                        5             22

    Financial activities                              0.6           0.5         YES           54             42         YES

      Finance and insurance                           0.9           0.5         YES           60             33         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.9                       -6             20

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.7                       20            138

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.3                       19             76

      Educational services                           -2.4           0.6         YES          -89             22         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.5           0.4         YES          109             74         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.6                       -9            105

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           1.7                        9             35

      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.7                      -18             93

    Other services                                    0.4           1.2                       23             68

  Government                                         -0.4           0.2         YES          -88             39         YES

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.3                       -5              7

    State and local                                  -0.4           0.2         YES          -83             38         YES

      State and local education                      -0.9           0.2         YES          -92             24         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.3                        9             30



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       25            110

    South                                             0.0           0.3                      -24            163

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       14            128

    West                                             -0.2           0.4                      -53            132



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 2021.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.