TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2024 and February 2025,
         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                      -249          352

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -203          348
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.0                         0            6
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                       -16           75
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.5                         7           65
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.6                        28           49
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.9                       -21           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.6                       -14          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.7                        28           44
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -43          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                         1           55
    Information                                   -0.2          1.2                        -6           34
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        21           55
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.7                        26           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.1                        -4           26
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.8                         0          172
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.4                       -61           87
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.6                         3           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.4                       -64           86
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.9                      -132          142
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.8                         2           39
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          1.0                      -134          129         YES
    Other services                                -0.1          1.2                        -1           70
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -46           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -12            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -34           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         6           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.3         YES           -39           24         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -11          114
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -238          231         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -20          134
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        20          173

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 1, 2025.
  *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.