TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and July 2023,
         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                                     -0.6          0.2         YES          -777          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.7          0.2         YES          -713          301         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.2                         1            8
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.1                        -7           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -38           59
      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.5         YES           -41           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.7                         4           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -161          139         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -29           37
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -45          117
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.2          0.8         YES           -86           46         YES
    Information                                   -0.7          1.0                       -23           29
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.5                       -37           46
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.6                       -38           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.0                         0           23
    Professional and business services            -1.0          0.8         YES          -207          156         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                       -27           75
      Educational services                        -0.4          0.7                       -10           24
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -17           71
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          0.7         YES          -190          101         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.8                       -17           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.5          0.7         YES          -173           94         YES
    Other services                                -0.6          1.1                       -27           59
  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES           -64           41         YES
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -6            7
    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES           -59           40         YES
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -37           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.3                       -23           25

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -111          104         YES
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -348          191         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.6          0.4         YES          -188          124         YES
    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -130          149

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 29, 2023.
  *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.