TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2023 and February 2024,
         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                      -209          321

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -193          318
    Mining and logging                            -1.1          1.1                        -7            6         YES
    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        35           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.5         YES          -103           60         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -58           41         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.8         YES           -45           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -83          149
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -24           41
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.8                       -28          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.8                       -30           52
    Information                                    0.3          1.1                         8           30
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                         3           49
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.7                        12           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                        -9           25
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.8                        47          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                        -4           84
      Private Educational Services                -0.5          0.7                       -17           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        13           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.8                       -96          112
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.7                        14           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.9                      -110          104         YES
    Other services                                 0.1          1.1                         7           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -16           39
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -3            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -13           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -22           24
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         9           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -23          109
    South                                         -0.1          0.4                       -16          213
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -88          126
    West                                          -0.3          0.5                       -82          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2, 2024.
  *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.