TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and July 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                                        -1.0           0.2         YES        -1183            265         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -1.1           0.2         YES        -1233            257         YES

    Mining and logging                                1.2           1.4                        8             10

    Construction                                     -1.4           0.9         YES          -99             66         YES

    Manufacturing                                    -1.0           0.3         YES         -111             38         YES

      Durable goods                                  -1.4           0.3         YES          -99             27         YES

      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.5                      -12             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.7           0.4         YES         -155            107         YES

      Wholesale trade                                -0.7           0.5         YES          -43             31         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.7           0.6         YES          -83             91

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           0.7                      -29             41

    Information                                       0.3           0.7                        7             20

    Financial activities                              0.5           0.5                       40             41

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.5                       12             32

      Real estate and rental and leasing              1.2           0.9         YES           26             19         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.6                      -39            112

    Education and health services                    -0.6           0.3         YES         -151             67         YES

      Educational services                           -0.5           0.6                      -14             22

      Health care and social assistance              -0.8           0.3         YES         -137             62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -5.4           0.6         YES         -590             95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.6                        9             40

      Accommodation and food services                -6.2           0.5         YES         -599             71         YES

    Other services                                   -2.9           1.1         YES         -143             65         YES

  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       52             36         YES

    Federal                                           1.1           0.2         YES           33              6         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       19             36

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -2             21

      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.3                       20             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.7           0.4         YES         -176            102         YES

    South                                            -0.7           0.3         YES         -345            155         YES

    Midwest                                          -1.3           0.4         YES         -385            118         YES

    West                                             -0.9           0.4         YES         -276            118         YES



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