TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2021 and July 2022,

         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          -202          308



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -193          304

    Mining and logging                             1.1          1.3                        10            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.2          1.1                        32           82

    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -46           55

      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.5         YES           -38           38

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.7                        -8           32

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -52          133

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -19           36

      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.7                       -91          115

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.8                        59           45         YES

    Information                                   -0.4          0.9                        -4           25

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.5                       -39           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.5                       -27           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          1.0                       -12           22

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                       -38          159

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           132           74         YES

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                         0           23

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.3         YES           131           65         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.7          0.6         YES          -153          100         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.3          1.7                        -9           35

      Accommodation and food services             -1.7          0.7         YES          -146           91         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          1.2                       -33           67

  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -9           41

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         1            7

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -9           40

      State and local education                   -0.5          0.2         YES           -37           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.3                        29           24         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -33          105

    South                                          0.0          0.3                        90          184

    Midwest                                       -0.7          0.4         YES          -154          125         YES

    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -106          141



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 30, 2022.

  *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.