TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2024 and May 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                                         0.1           0.2                      141            336

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                      134            334
    Mining and logging                                0.7           1.1                        4              7
    Construction                                      0.5           0.9                       42             71
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.5                      -16             59
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.5                       -8             38
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.8                       -9             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.5                      -47            142
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.7                        3             42
      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.7                      -46            110
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.9                       -4             60
    Information                                      -0.1           1.1                       -2             30
    Financial activities                              0.4           0.5                       34             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.6                       22             41
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           0.8                       12             20
    Professional and business services                0.4           0.8                      113            163
    Private Education and Health Services             0.0           0.4                       -2             96
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.5                        0             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                       -3             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.9                      -11            144
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           1.7                       18             37
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           1.1                      -28            135
    Other services                                    0.3           1.2                       19             71
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        6             39
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                       -2              7
    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                        8             38
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -4             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.3                       12             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       51            113
    South                                             0.1           0.4                       47            218
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.4                       45            131
    West                                              0.0           0.5                       -2            157

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 2, 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.