TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2020 and May 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                                         1.8           0.2         YES         2440            265         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       2.1           0.2         YES         2432            257         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.2           1.4                        2             10

    Construction                                      5.9           0.9         YES          427             66         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.8           0.3         YES          100             38         YES

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.3                        6             27

      Nondurable goods                                2.0           0.5         YES           93             24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.6           0.4         YES          175            107         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.4           0.5                       24             31

      Retail trade                                    0.5           0.6                       82             91

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.2           0.7         YES           69             41         YES

    Information                                       0.9           0.7         YES           22             20         YES

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.5                       19             41

      Finance and insurance                          -0.5           0.5                      -31             32

      Real estate and rental and leasing              2.2           0.9         YES           49             19         YES

    Professional and business services                0.3           0.6                       67            112

    Education and health services                     2.2           0.3         YES          495             67         YES

      Educational services                            0.4           0.6                       15             22

      Health care and social assistance               2.5           0.3         YES          479             62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           8.0           0.6         YES          855             95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             7.7           1.6         YES           91             40         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 7.9           0.5         YES          763             71         YES

    Other services                                    5.4           1.1         YES          271             65         YES

  Government                                          0.1           0.2                        9             36

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.2                       -5              6

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       14             36

      State and local education                       0.3           0.2         YES           21             21

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.3                       -8             28



           REGION



    Northeast                                         1.7           0.4         YES          411            102         YES

    South                                             1.3           0.3         YES          640            155         YES

    Midwest                                           1.8           0.4         YES          533            118         YES

    West                                              2.8           0.4         YES          857            118         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 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.