TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2021 and April 2022,

         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                       457          308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       441          304         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.3                         7            9

    Construction                                   0.0          1.1                        14           82

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.4         YES           109           55         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.5         YES            59           38         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.9          0.7         YES            50           32         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.5                        81          133

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        18           36

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.7                         0          115

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.8                        62           45         YES

    Information                                   -0.7          0.9                       -15           25

    Financial activities                           0.7          0.5         YES            71           43         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.5         YES            40           34         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.0         YES            30           22         YES

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.8                       209          159         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        82           74         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.6                        13           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        69           65         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.2          0.6         YES          -129          100         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.2          1.7         YES             2           35

      Accommodation and food services             -2.3          0.7         YES          -131           91         YES

    Other services                                -0.1          1.2                        11           67

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        18           41

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -7            7

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        25           40

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         2           23

      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.3                        22           24



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES           -65          105

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           386          184         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                       -77          125

    West                                           0.4          0.4                       215          141         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 1, 2022.

  *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.