TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2021 and February 2022,

         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                       591          308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       521          304         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.2          1.3                         9            9

    Construction                                   0.2          1.1                        25           82

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.4                        59           55         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.5                        33           38

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.7                        25           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.5         YES           251          133         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                        15           36

      Retail trade                                 1.2          0.7         YES           211          115         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.8                        25           45

    Information                                   -0.7          0.9                       -18           25

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.5                         9           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.5                         6           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.0                         3           22

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.8                        69          159

    Education and health services                  0.6          0.3         YES           145           74         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.6                        21           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.3         YES           124           65         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.2          0.6         YES           -16          100

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.7                        18           35

      Accommodation and food services             -1.3          0.7         YES           -34           91

    Other services                                -0.4          1.2                       -12           67

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            69           41         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                        -1            7

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            70           40         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            35           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.3         YES            35           24         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       142          105         YES

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           376          184         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.4         YES          -103          125

    West                                           0.4          0.4                       176          141         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 29, 2022.

  *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.