TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and July 2026,
         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                      -226          368

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                      -182          366
    Mining and logging                             1.5          1.0         YES             9            6         YES
    Construction                                   0.6          1.0                        57           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.6                       -11           71
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.6                        11           51
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.9                       -21           42
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.5                        69          155
      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.8                         8           47
      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.8                        56          128
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                         4           57
    Information                                   -0.1          1.2                        -6           34
    Financial activities                          -0.9          0.6         YES           -82           56         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -1.1          0.7         YES           -77           48         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.0                        -5           23
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -180          158         YES
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                       -23          100
      Private Educational Services                 0.4          0.6                        14           22
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -36           93
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          1.0                       -86          162
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.7                       -12           38
      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          1.2                       -74          155
    Other services                                 1.1          1.2                        71           70         YES
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -44           40         YES
    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         0            6
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -44           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -31           24         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -13           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.5                       -51          126
    South                                          0.1          0.4                        98          237
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -64          140
    West                                          -0.6          0.5         YES          -210          176         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 1, 2026.
  *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.