TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and June 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                     -314            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -308            334
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.1                        0              7
    Construction                                     -0.5           0.9                      -41             71
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                       -9             59
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.5                      -11             38
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.8                        3             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       37            142
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                        6             42
      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.7                       23            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.9                        8             60
    Information                                      -0.3           1.1                      -10             30
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                       -7             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                        3             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.4           0.8                      -10             20
    Professional and business services               -0.5           0.8                     -115            163
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                      -15             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.1           0.5                       -2             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -13             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.9           0.9                     -145            144         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.3           1.7                      -34             37
      Accommodation and food services                -0.7           1.1                     -111            135
    Other services                                    0.0           1.2                       -4             71
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                       -8             39
    Federal                                           0.2           0.2                        6              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                      -14             38
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -13             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                       -1             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.4                       40            113
    South                                            -0.4           0.4                     -221            218         YES
    Midwest                                          -0.3           0.4                     -115            131
    West                                             -0.1           0.5                      -19            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 30, 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.