TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2016 and July 2017,

         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                                      0.1          0.2                       239          241



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       285          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.4          1.1         YES            11            8         YES

    Construction                                   0.4          1.1                        42           74

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            71           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        35           31         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.6         YES            36           28         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.4                       -21           98

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.6                        11           36

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.5                       -24           77

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.7                        -6           34

    Information                                    0.1          0.7                         2           19

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        22           41

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.5                        20           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         1           23

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        36          111

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        47           50

      Educational services                         0.1          0.6                         7           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        40           46

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.7                         8           90

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.9                       -15           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.6                        22           74

    Other services                                 1.1          1.0         YES            67           53         YES

  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -46           32         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.3                        -2            7

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -44           31         YES

      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -26           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -18           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        89           94

    South                                          0.0          0.3                        28          141

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       141          109         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -20          110



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 12, 2017.

  *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.