TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2020 and August 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES           -51          286



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       240          281

    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.5                         7           10

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.1                       -15           80

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            80           45         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        45           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.6                        35           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        84          115

      Wholesale trade                              1.0          0.5         YES            61           31         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.6                        18          100

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                         5           44

    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -13           24

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.5                       -29           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.5                       -16           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          1.0                       -13           22

    Professional and business services            -1.1          0.7         YES          -146          132         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        94           75         YES

      Educational services                         1.0          0.6         YES            40           23         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        55           68

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                       173           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.7                        44           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.6                       131           78         YES

    Other services                                -0.3          1.2                         3           64

  Government                                      -1.4          0.2         YES          -291           42         YES

    Federal                                       -8.4          0.2         YES          -270            7         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -21           42

      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -16           24

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -4           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.4         YES          -118          103         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       172          172

    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.4         YES          -144          125         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                        37          125



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 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.