TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between February 2025 and February 2026,
         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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -402          368         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.3                      -398          366         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.0                         0            6
    Construction                                  -1.0          1.0                       -79           75         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.6                       -22           71
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.6                       -24           51
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.9                         1           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.5                       -47          155
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.8                       -20           47
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.8                         6          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.8                       -33           57
    Information                                    0.6          1.2                        15           34
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                        -7           56
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                        -2           48
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.0                        -5           23
    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.8                      -163          158         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.4                       -94          100
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.6                        -5           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -89           93
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          1.0                        29          162
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.3          1.7                       -30           38
      Accommodation and food services              0.4          1.2                        60          155
    Other services                                -0.5          1.2                       -29           70
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -4           40
    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                        -1            6
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -5           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -13           24
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         9           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.5                         9          126
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -295          237         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -46          140
    West                                          -0.2          0.5                       -68          176

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 31, 2026.
  *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.