TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2020 and April 2021,

         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                                      1.2          0.2         YES          2232          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.3          0.2         YES          2109          281         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.5                         4           10

    Construction                                   1.0          1.1                       118           80         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        44           45

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                        16           33

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.6                        28           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                       145          115         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.8          0.5         YES            47           31         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.6                        88          100

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                        11           44

    Information                                    2.3          0.8         YES            61           24         YES

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.5                        38           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        16           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          1.0                        22           22

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.7         YES           246          132         YES

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.3         YES           225           75         YES

      Educational services                         0.3          0.6                        13           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.9          0.3         YES           213           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        5.5          0.6         YES          1105           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         11.6          1.7         YES           243           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.5          0.6         YES           862           78         YES

    Other services                                 1.5          1.2         YES           123           64         YES

  Government                                       0.6          0.2         YES           123           42         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         1            7

    State and local                                0.6          0.2         YES           122           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.6          0.2         YES            57           24         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.8          0.3         YES            66           26         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      1.5          0.4         YES           475          103         YES

    South                                          1.4          0.3         YES           911          172         YES

    Midwest                                        0.8          0.4         YES           379          125         YES

    West                                           1.0          0.4         YES           467          125         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 8, 2021.

  *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.