TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between December 2017 and December 2018,

         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                                      0.1          0.2                       267          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       264          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.1                         6            8

    Construction                                   0.5          1.1                        42           75

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                         1           43

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.4                       -14           31

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.5                        15           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.4                       110           98         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         4           35

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.5         YES           120           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.7                       -14           34

    Information                                   -0.4          0.7                       -12           19

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                         1           40

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.5                        -1           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.1                         4           23

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.7                       -28          115

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           126           53         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.6                        13           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.6          0.3         YES           113           49         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.7                        45           91

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.9                        -2           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        47           75

    Other services                                -0.5          1.0                       -29           53

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         4           32

    Federal                                        0.4          0.3         YES            13            7         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                       -10           31

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -6           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                        -5           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        15           94

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        65          144

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       174          112         YES

    West                                           0.0          0.4                        12          109



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 2019.

  *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.