TABLE 2: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2025 and May 2025,
         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                     -112            355

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                      -95            350
    Mining and logging                               -0.9           0.9                       -5              5
    Construction                                     -0.1           0.8                       -3             62
    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.5                      -52             68
      Durable goods                                  -0.4           0.5                      -33             42
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.8                      -19             39
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.6                       26            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.8                        6             48
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                        6            118
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.9                       14             61
    Information                                      -0.4           1.1                      -12             31
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.6                        6             58
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.7                        1             50
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.2           0.9                        4             21
    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.9                      -47            171
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.3           0.4                      -83            105
      Private Educational Services                   -0.2           0.5                       -6             20
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.5                      -77            102
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           1.0                      121            158
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.5           1.8                       14             39
      Accommodation and food services                 0.7           1.1                      107            141
    Other services                                   -0.7           1.4                      -46             82
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -18             41
    Federal                                          -0.4           0.2         YES          -11              6         YES
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                       -7             40
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.2                      -20             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.3                       13             23

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.5                       35            124
    South                                            -0.3           0.4                     -200            236
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -73            138
    West                                              0.3           0.5                      126            168

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 1, 2025.
  *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.