TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and August 2018,

         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                       324          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       301          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.0          1.1                        11            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.8          1.1                       -41           75

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        11           43

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.4                        -8           31

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.5                        21           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.4         YES           210           98         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        19           35

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.5         YES           150           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.7                        41           34         YES

    Information                                   -0.3          0.7                       -10           19

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.5                        10           40

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.5                         5           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         5           23

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        21          115

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        -2           53

      Educational services                        -1.0          0.6         YES           -30           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        28           49

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.7                        61           91

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.9                         8           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.6                        53           75

    Other services                                 0.5          1.0                        30           53

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        24           32

    Federal                                        0.2          0.3                         7            7

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        17           31

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            28           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -11           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                       102           94         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       172          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        39          112

    West                                           0.0          0.4                        13          109



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2018.

  *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.