TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2024 and July 2024,
         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                                         0.2           0.2                      273            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.3                      285            334
    Mining and logging                               -0.3           1.1                       -2              7
    Construction                                      0.6           0.9                       48             71
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.5                       20             59
      Durable goods                                   0.2           0.5                       16             38
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.8                        5             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.5                       -4            142
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.7                      -10             42
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.7                       -9            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.9                       15             60
    Information                                       0.0           1.1                       -1             30
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.5                       15             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.6                       20             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           0.8                       -4             20
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.8                        8            163
    Private Education and Health Services             0.1           0.4                       16             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.2           0.5                       -7             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                       22             92
    Leisure and hospitality                           1.0           0.9         YES          160            144         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           1.7                        4             37
      Accommodation and food services                 1.1           1.1                      156            135         YES
    Other services                                    0.4           1.2                       24             71
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -11             39
    Federal                                          -0.3           0.2         YES           -8              7         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -3             38
      State and local education                       0.2           0.2                       16             24
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.3                      -19             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       35            113
    South                                             0.0           0.4                        4            218
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.4                       96            131
    West                                              0.4           0.5                      137            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 4, 2024.
  *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.