TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2025 and July 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                                         0.0           0.2                       41            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                       57            350
    Mining and logging                               -0.4           0.9                       -3              5
    Construction                                     -0.1           0.8                       -6             62
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.5                       21             68
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.5                       13             42
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.8                        8             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.6                      -16            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.5           0.8                       27             48
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                        9            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.7           0.9                      -52             61
    Information                                      -0.3           1.1                       -9             31
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.6                        8             58
      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.7                       12             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.9                       -3             21
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.9                       14            171
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                        2            105
      Private Educational Services                    0.3           0.5                       12             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.5                      -10            102
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           1.0                      -40            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.4           1.8                      -10             39
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           1.1                      -30            141
    Other services                                    1.4           1.4                       86             82         YES
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -15             41
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        1              6
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -16             40
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        4             26
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.3                      -20             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.5                      -64            124
    South                                             0.1           0.4                       41            236
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       51            138
    West                                              0.1           0.5                       14            168

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 3, 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.