TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2020 and July 2021,

         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                       561          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       400          281         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.5                         0           10

    Construction                                  -0.1          1.1                         1           80

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            86           45         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        40           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.9          0.6         YES            46           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        76          115

      Wholesale trade                              1.0          0.5         YES            61           31         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.6                        94          100

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.6          0.8         YES           -79           44         YES

    Information                                    0.3          0.8                        13           24

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.5         YES           -46           43         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.5                        10           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -2.7          1.0         YES           -56           22         YES

    Professional and business services             0.4          0.7                       169          132         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                       -42           75

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.6                         6           23

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.3         YES           -49           68

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.3          0.6         YES            72           95

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.4          1.7         YES             1           37

      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.6         YES            70           78

    Other services                                 0.9          1.2                        71           64         YES

  Government                                       0.7          0.2         YES           161           42         YES

    Federal                                       -0.5          0.2         YES           -15            7         YES

    State and local                                1.0          0.2         YES           176           42         YES

      State and local education                    1.8          0.2         YES           170           24         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         6           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.4         YES          -137          103         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           435          172         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       163          125         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        99          125



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 8, 2021.

  *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.