TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and August 2025,
         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                                        -0.1           0.2                     -114            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -113            350
    Mining and logging                                0.4           0.9                        2              5
    Construction                                      0.3           0.8                       22             62
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                        4             68
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        1             42
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.8                        3             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.6                      -91            156
      Wholesale trade                                -0.7           0.8                      -43             48
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                      -11            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           0.9                      -37             61
    Information                                      -0.3           1.1                       -9             31
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.6                        3             58
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.7                        1             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.9                        2             21
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.9                      -17            171
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                       -2            105
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.5                       -2             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.5                        0            102
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           1.0                      -31            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.7           1.8                       19             39
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           1.1                      -50            141
    Other services                                    0.1           1.4                        6             82
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        0             41
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              6
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        0             40
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.2                      -15             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.3                       15             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       26            124
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                      -97            236
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                      -19            138
    West                                             -0.1           0.5                      -24            168

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 2025.
  *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.