TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2023 and March 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          -514          321         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.3         YES          -514          318         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.1                        -4            6
    Construction                                  -1.1          1.0         YES           -73           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.5                       -72           60         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.5                       -37           41
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.8                       -35           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.5                      -122          149
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                       -11           41
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -45          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.8         YES           -67           52         YES
    Information                                   -0.6          1.1                       -20           30
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -16           49
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.7                       -12           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.1                        -5           25
    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.8                        -2          166
    Private education and health services         -0.3          0.4                       -46           84
      Private educational services                 0.0          0.7                        -1           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.4                       -46           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.8                      -103          112
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.7                         1           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.9                      -103          104
    Other services                                -1.1          1.1                       -56           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                        -1           39
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -3            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                         1           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -5           24
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         7           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -50          109
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -202          213
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -107          126
    West                                          -0.5          0.5                      -155          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 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.