TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2023 and April 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -319          321

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.3                      -297          318
    Mining and logging                            -1.2          1.1         YES            -8            6         YES
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -30           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.5                        -1           60
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.5                        25           41
      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.8                       -27           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -66          149
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                        -7           41
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.8                       -34          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.8                       -25           52
    Information                                   -0.2          1.1                        -8           30
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -17           49
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                       -10           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.1                        -7           25
    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.8                      -154          166
    Private Education and Health Services          0.3          0.4                       112           84         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.7                        -4           26
      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       116           76         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.8         YES          -127          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.5          1.7                       -24           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.9                      -102          104
    Other services                                 0.0          1.1                         1           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -23           39
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.3         YES           -11            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -13           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         4           24
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -17           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.8          0.4         YES          -185          109         YES
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -172          213
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -60          126
    West                                           0.2          0.5                        97          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 4, 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.