TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2016 and August 2017,

         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                       123          241



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       229          238

    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.1                         8            8

    Construction                                   0.6          1.1                        57           74

    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.3         YES            96           43         YES

      Durable goods                                1.0          0.4         YES            78           31         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.6                        18           28

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                       -82           98

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.6                       -20           36

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.5                       -67           77

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.7                         4           34

    Information                                    0.0          0.7                        -1           19

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        28           41

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.5                         3           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           1.1          1.1                        26           23         YES

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        33          111

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        13           50

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                        -5           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        18           46

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.7                        29           90

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.9                         8           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                        21           74

    Other services                                 0.7          1.0                        46           53

  Government                                      -0.5          0.1         YES          -106           32         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -4            7

    State and local                               -0.5          0.2         YES          -102           31         YES

      State and local education                   -0.8          0.2         YES           -81           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -21           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -109           94         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       142          141         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        27          109

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        62          110



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 11, 2017.

  *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.