TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between April 2024 and April 2025,
         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                                      0.0          0.2                        57          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                        54          348
    Mining and logging                             1.3          1.0         YES             8            6         YES
    Construction                                   0.1          1.0                        16           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -47           65
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.6                       -20           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.9                       -28           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.6                      -106          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -29           44
      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.8                       -87          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                         9           55
    Information                                    0.4          1.2                        10           34
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        25           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.7                        14           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.1                        10           26
    Professional and business services             0.6          0.8                       138          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.4                       -68           87
      Private Educational Services                -0.3          0.6                        -9           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -61           86
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.9                        69          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          1.8                        39           39
      Accommodation and food services              0.2          1.0                        30          129
    Other services                                 0.1          1.2                        10           70
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         3           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -5            7
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                         9           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -2           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                        11           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                         9          114
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                       -91          231
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        68          134
    West                                           0.2          0.5                        71          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 3, 2025.
  *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.