TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 2023,
         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                                     -0.6          0.2         YES          -745          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -616          301         YES
    Mining and logging                             1.3          1.2         YES             9            8         YES
    Construction                                  -0.5          1.1                       -27           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.5         YES           -78           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.0          0.5         YES           -78           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.7                         0           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.8          0.5         YES          -222          139         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -26           37
      Retail trade                                -0.8          0.8                      -122          117         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.1          0.8         YES           -74           46         YES
    Information                                   -1.3          1.0         YES           -41           29         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.5                       -25           46
      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.6                        -4           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.0          1.0                       -21           23
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                      -113          156
    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                       -16           75
      Educational services                        -0.2          0.7                        -6           24
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -10           71
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.7                       -48          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.8                         7           37
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.7                       -55           94
    Other services                                -1.0          1.1                       -54           59
  Government                                      -0.6          0.2         YES          -129           41         YES
    Federal                                        0.0          0.3                         0            7
    State and local                               -0.8          0.2         YES          -129           40         YES
      State and local education                   -1.1          0.2         YES           -93           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.3         YES           -35           25         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        23          104
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -143          191
    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.4         YES          -188          124         YES
    West                                          -1.3          0.4         YES          -436          149         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.