TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2018 and July 2019,

         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                       193          250



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       225          248

    Mining and logging                            -2.2          1.3         YES           -16           10         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.1                        -8           67

    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -45           40         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.4                       -21           28

      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.5                       -24           23         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        62           91

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.5                        29           27         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.5                        -5           71

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.7                        38           37         YES

    Information                                    0.2          0.8                         8           21

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.4         YES            44           38         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        24           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          0.9                        20           19         YES

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.7                        45          119

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        69           68         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.6                         1           21

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        68           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.6                        34           90

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.5          2.1                       -38           47

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.5                        71           72

    Other services                                 0.5          1.1                        32           63

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -32           40

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         0            5

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -32           40

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         3           20

      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.3         YES           -36           23         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        12           95

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       119          153

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        34          115

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        28          110



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 10, 2019.

  *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.