TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2017 and April 2018,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                      0.1          0.2                       357          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       339          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.5          1.1                         8            8

    Construction                                  -0.9          1.1                       -40           75

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        33           43

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.4         YES            47           31         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.5                       -13           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       130           98         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                        -1           35

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.5         YES            85           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.7                        46           34         YES

    Information                                    0.6          0.7                        16           19

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                       -10           40

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.5                        -5           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                        -6           23

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.7                       151          115         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        14           53

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.6                        -3           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        17           49

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.7                        49           91

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.9                         6           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.6                        44           75

    Other services                                -0.3          1.0                       -13           53

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        18           32

    Federal                                        0.4          0.3         YES            11            7         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                         8           31

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         7           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         1           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -86           94

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       175          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                        90          112

    West                                           0.5          0.4         YES           179          109         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 5, 2018.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.