TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and August 2024,
         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -787          321         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.3         YES          -664          318         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.3          1.1         YES            -8            6         YES
    Construction                                  -0.5          1.0                       -40           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.5         YES          -101           60         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.5                       -35           41
      Nondurable goods                            -1.4          0.8         YES           -68           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -182          149         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -18           41
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.8         YES          -126          124         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.6          0.8                       -38           52
    Information                                    0.0          1.1                         1           30
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        14           49
      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.7                        28           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.1                       -14           25
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.8                        38          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.9          0.4         YES          -177           84         YES
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.7                         6           26
      Health care and social assistance           -1.0          0.4         YES          -182           76         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.6          0.8         YES          -261          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.7                       -20           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.7          0.9         YES          -240          104         YES
    Other services                                 0.9          1.1                        52           65
  Government                                      -0.7          0.2         YES          -123           39         YES
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.3         YES            -9            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.6          0.2         YES          -114           39         YES
      State and local education                   -1.1          0.2         YES          -105           24         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                        -8           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -55          109
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -378          213         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.4         YES          -226          126         YES
    West                                          -0.4          0.5                      -128          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024.
  *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.