TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2022 and February 2023,
         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -672          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.2         YES          -648          301         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.5          1.2                         4            8
    Construction                                  -0.9          1.1                       -49           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.7          0.5         YES           -72           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.7          0.5         YES           -50           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.7                       -22           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -180          139         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                        18           37
      Retail trade                                -1.0          0.8         YES          -150          117         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.8                       -47           46         YES
    Information                                    0.3          1.0                         9           29
    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.5         YES           -63           46         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -1.1          0.6         YES           -74           41         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          1.0                        12           23
    Professional and business services            -1.2          0.8         YES          -248          156         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                         4           75
      Educational services                        -0.2          0.7                        -4           24
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                         9           71
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.7                       -20          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.8                        23           37
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.7                       -42           94
    Other services                                -0.7          1.1                       -32           59
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -24           41
    Federal                                        0.1          0.3                         5            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -29           40
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -12           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -17           25

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.4         YES          -165          104         YES
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -360          191         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                        -9          124
    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -138          149

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 4, 2023.
  *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.