TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2019 and April 2020,

         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                                     -1.4          0.2         YES         -2617          264         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -1.4          0.2         YES         -2467          261         YES

    Mining and logging                            -2.1          1.5         YES           -17           11         YES

    Construction                                  -2.9          1.1         YES          -255           74         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -59           39         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.7          0.4         YES           -69           30         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.5                         9           23

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                      -184          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.5         YES           -40           29         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.5                       -85           81         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.8                       -60           43         YES

    Information                                   -2.0          0.8         YES           -58           21         YES

    Financial activities                          -1.1          0.5         YES           -95           39         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.8          0.5         YES           -46           30         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -2.0          0.9         YES           -50           20         YES

    Professional and business services            -2.4          0.7         YES          -570          125         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.7          0.3         YES          -214           68         YES

      Educational services                        -0.9          0.6         YES           -38           23         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.7          0.3         YES          -176           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -3.0          0.6         YES          -901           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -7.3          1.9         YES          -210           44         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -2.4          0.6         YES          -692           73         YES

    Other services                                -1.2          1.2                      -111           66         YES

  Government                                      -0.6          0.2         YES          -150           41         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         7            7

    State and local                               -0.7          0.2         YES          -156           38         YES

      State and local education                   -0.6          0.2         YES           -67           22         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -1.0          0.3         YES           -91           23         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -1.5          0.4         YES          -475           97         YES

    South                                         -1.5          0.3         YES         -1036          163         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.9          0.4         YES          -461          120         YES

    West                                          -1.5          0.4         YES          -643          116         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *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.