TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between September 2020 and September 2021,

         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                       460          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       564          281         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.9          1.5                        -4           10

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.1                       -39           80

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.3         YES           107           45         YES

      Durable goods                                0.5          0.4         YES            45           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.2          0.6         YES            61           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       161          115         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                         2           31

      Retail trade                                 1.0          0.6         YES           171          100         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.8                       -12           44

    Information                                    0.3          0.8                        15           24

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        15           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.5         YES            37           33         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.2          1.0         YES           -22           22

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.7                       127          132

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           136           75         YES

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.6                       -10           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.3         YES           145           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.6                        69           95

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.9          1.7         YES            67           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.6         YES             2           78

    Other services                                -0.6          1.2                       -22           64

  Government                                      -0.5          0.2         YES          -104           42         YES

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -15            7         YES

    State and local                               -0.5          0.2         YES           -89           42         YES

      State and local education                   -1.1          0.2         YES          -106           24         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        16           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                         8          103

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           326          172         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       144          125         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -18          125



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

  *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.