TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and August 2025,
         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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -208          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                       -99          348
    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.0                         0            6
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        21           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.5                         1           65
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.6                        -1           49
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.9                         3           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.6                       -68          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -25           44
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.8                        13          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.8                       -56           55         YES
    Information                                   -0.3          1.2                       -11           34
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        13           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.7                        17           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.1                        -4           26
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.8                         1          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                        20           87
      Private Educational Services                -0.2          0.6                        -6           22
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        26           86
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.9                       -43          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.8                         7           39
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          1.0                       -50          129
    Other services                                -0.6          1.2                       -34           70
  Government                                      -0.5          0.2         YES          -108           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES           -11            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.6          0.2         YES           -97           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.9          0.2         YES           -90           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -7           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -58          114
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -237          231         YES
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        47          134
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        37          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 2025.
  *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.