TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2020 and March 2020,

         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         -658            265         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.5           0.2         YES         -654            257         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.4                       -5             10

    Construction                                      0.2           0.9                       13             66

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.3                      -35             38

      Durable goods                                  -0.4           0.3         YES          -33             27         YES

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.5                       -2             24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.4                      -50            107

      Wholesale trade                                -0.4           0.5                      -23             31

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.6                       -6             91

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.7                      -21             41

    Information                                      -0.4           0.7                      -13             20

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.5                      -22             41

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.5                       -5             32

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.6           0.9                      -16             19

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.6                      -20            112

    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.3                      -84             67         YES

      Educational services                            0.1           0.6                        3             22

      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.3         YES          -87             62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -2.1           0.6         YES         -374             95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.2           1.6                      -30             40

      Accommodation and food services                -2.2           0.5         YES         -344             71         YES

    Other services                                   -1.1           1.1                      -65             65

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       -3             36

    Federal                                           0.2           0.2                        8              6         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                      -11             36

      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        0             21

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                      -11             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.4                     -105            102         YES

    South                                            -0.6           0.3         YES         -315            155         YES

    Midwest                                          -0.3           0.4                     -116            118

    West                                             -0.3           0.4                     -122            118         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 15, 2020.

  *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.