TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and April 2020,

         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                                        -0.7           0.2         YES        -1587            265         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.7           0.2         YES        -1439            257         YES

    Mining and logging                               -1.0           1.4                       -8             10

    Construction                                     -2.2           0.9         YES         -196             66         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.4           0.3         YES            6             38

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.3                      -15             27

      Nondurable goods                                0.8           0.5         YES           21             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.4                     -144            107         YES

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.5                      -12             31

      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.6                      -76             91

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.6           0.7                      -56             41         YES

    Information                                      -1.3           0.7         YES          -40             20         YES

    Financial activities                             -0.9           0.5         YES          -82             41         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.7           0.5         YES          -47             32         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.4           0.9         YES          -34             19         YES

    Professional and business services               -1.6           0.6         YES         -422            112         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.3                     -144             67         YES

      Educational services                           -0.4           0.6                      -25             22         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.3         YES         -119             62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.4           0.6                     -352             95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -3.3           1.6         YES         -105             40         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                     -247             71         YES

    Other services                                   -0.4           1.1                      -56             65

  Government                                         -0.6           0.2         YES         -148             36         YES

    Federal                                          -0.4           0.2         YES          -13              6         YES

    State and local                                  -0.7           0.2         YES         -135             36         YES

      State and local education                      -0.5           0.2         YES          -56             21         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.8           0.3         YES          -79             28         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -1.1           0.4         YES         -390            102         YES

    South                                            -0.8           0.3         YES         -630            155         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                     -203            118         YES

    West                                             -0.7           0.4         YES         -364            118         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *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.