TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2015 and February 2016,

         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                       303          242         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       285          238         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.0                        -8            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.1                        -7           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        15           44

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.4                        11           32

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.6                         4           28

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       115           97         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -7           36

      Retail trade                                 0.7          0.5         YES           125           77         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.7                        -4           34

    Information                                   -0.1          0.7                        -2           18

    Financial activities                           0.6          0.5         YES            57           41         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.7          0.5         YES            46           29         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.6          1.1                        12           24

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.7                         8          115

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        33           50

      Educational services                         0.5          0.6                        20           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        12           46

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.7                       103           90         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.9                        -6           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.6         YES           108           74         YES

    Other services                                -0.5          1.0                       -26           53

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        17           32

    Federal                                        0.2          0.3                         5            7

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        12           31

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         6           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         6           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        13           93

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       124          143

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       109          109

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        57          110



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 5, 2016.

  *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.