TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between August 2025 and August 2026,
         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                                      0.0          0.2                       101          368

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.0          0.3                       -16          366
    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.0                         5            6
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -28           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.6                        41           71
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.6                        27           51
      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.9                        14           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.5                       138          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.8                        46           47
      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.8                       113          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.8                       -21           57
    Information                                   -1.0          1.2                       -30           34
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -43           56
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.7                       -38           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.0                        -5           23
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                      -114          158
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.4                        17          100
      Private Educational Services                 0.6          0.6                        21           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        -5           93
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          1.0                       -51          162
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.7                        -8           38
      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          1.2                       -43          155
    Other services                                 0.8          1.2                        51           70
  Government                                       0.5          0.2         YES           117           40         YES
    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         3            6
    State and local                                0.6          0.2         YES           114           39         YES
      State and local education                    1.0          0.2         YES            96           24         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                        19           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.5                        18          126
    South                                          0.0          0.4                        38          237
    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                        50          140
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        -4          176

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 29, 2026.
  *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.