TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and July 2024,
         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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -253          321

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.3                      -229          318
    Mining and logging                            -1.3          1.1         YES            -9            6         YES
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                        -3           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -45           60
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                        -5           41
      Nondurable goods                            -0.8          0.8                       -40           40
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.5                         4          149
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.7                        -1           41
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -39          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.8                        44           52
    Information                                   -0.1          1.1                        -4           30
    Financial activities                           0.7          0.6         YES            63           49         YES
      Finance and insurance                        1.2          0.7         YES            76           43         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.1                       -13           25
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                      -111          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.3          0.4                       -32           84
      Private Educational Services                -0.3          0.7                        -8           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -24           76
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.8                      -118          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.7                       -15           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.9                      -103          104
    Other services                                 0.4          1.1                        27           65
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -24           39
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.3         YES           -17            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -7           39
      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            34           24         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.2         YES           -41           22         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        89          109
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -427          213         YES
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        58          126
    West                                           0.0          0.5                        27          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 4, 2024.
  *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.