TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2023 and May 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                                         0.1           0.2                      107            317

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                       96            315
    Mining and logging                                0.3           1.2                        2              8
    Construction                                      0.3           1.0                       22             76
    Manufacturing                                     0.5           0.5                       67             58         YES
      Durable goods                                   0.5           0.5                       41             37         YES
      Nondurable goods                                0.5           0.8                       27             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.5                       61            134
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.7                       -8             39
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.7                       71            109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.7                       -2             44
    Information                                      -0.7           1.1                      -23             32
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.5                       12             45
      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.6                       24             38
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.5           0.9                      -14             20
    Professional and business services               -0.6           0.7                     -139            142
    Education and health services                     0.2           0.3                       56             82
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.6                       -3             21
      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.4                       60             77
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.8                        4            116
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           1.8                       -4             38
      Accommodation and food services                 0.1           0.8                        8            104
    Other services                                    0.5           1.2                       34             68
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       12             41
    Federal                                           0.3           0.2         YES            7              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        5             40
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        9             25
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                       -4             26

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                      -33            111
    South                                             0.1           0.4                       37            193
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.4                       58            121
    West                                              0.1           0.4                       46            148

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 6, 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.