TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2021 and June 2021,

         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                                         0.4           0.2         YES          697            293         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.5           0.2         YES          583            288         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.3           1.4                        3             10

    Construction                                      0.7           1.0                       54             69

    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.4                       42             45

      Durable goods                                   0.4           0.4                       36             32         YES

      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.6                        6             29

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              1.1           0.4         YES          298            117         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.6                        1             33

      Retail trade                                    1.8           0.6         YES          291             97         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.7                        5             42

    Information                                      -0.3           0.8                       -8             22

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                       -1             42

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.5                        6             33

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.9                       -6             20

    Professional and business services                0.5           0.7                      123            138

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.3                       14             76

      Educational services                            0.5           0.6                       17             22

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                       -4             74

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.6                        7            105

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.7                      -12             35

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.7                       19             93

    Other services                                    0.8           1.2                       52             68

  Government                                          0.5           0.2         YES          114             39         YES

    Federal                                           0.2           0.3                        4              7

    State and local                                   0.6           0.2         YES          110             38         YES

      State and local education                       0.9           0.2         YES           94             24         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.3                       16             30



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.4           0.4                       98            110

    South                                             0.3           0.3                      186            163         YES

    Midwest                                           1.1           0.4         YES          370            128         YES

    West                                              0.1           0.4                       44            132



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 9, 2021.

  *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.