TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and June 2023,
         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                     -326            317         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.3           0.3                     -311            315
    Mining and logging                               -0.8           1.2                       -5              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.0                      -15             76
    Manufacturing                                    -0.5           0.5                      -58             58
      Durable goods                                  -0.7           0.5         YES          -54             37         YES
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.8                       -4             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.5           0.5                     -146            134         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.4           0.7                      -27             39
      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.7                      -93            109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.7                      -26             44
    Information                                       0.5           1.1                       16             32
    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.5                      -44             45
      Finance and insurance                          -0.8           0.6         YES          -54             38         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           0.9                       10             20
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.7                       18            142
    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.3                      -70             82
      Educational services                            0.0           0.6                       -1             21
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.4                      -69             77
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.8                        2            116
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.9           1.8                       23             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.8                      -20            104
    Other services                                   -0.2           1.2                       -8             68
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -16             41
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              7
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -15             40
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -7             25
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -9             26

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                      -27            111
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -119            193
    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.4                     -125            121         YES
    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -56            148

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 1, 2023.
  *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.