TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and June 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                                     -1.0          0.2         YES          -876          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -1.3          0.2         YES         -1029          281         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.2          1.5         YES            15           10         YES

    Construction                                  -2.5          1.1         YES          -167           80         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -15           45

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                         6           33

      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.6                       -22           26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.4                        80          115

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                        -3           31

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.6                       117          100         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.8         YES           -34           44

    Information                                    1.2          0.8         YES            35           24         YES

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                        -1           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.5                         7           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.0                        -7           22

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.7                        32          132

    Education and health services                 -0.7          0.3         YES          -133           75         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.6                         5           23

      Health care and social assistance           -0.8          0.3         YES          -138           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -8.3          0.6         YES          -740           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -5.7          1.7         YES           -23           37

      Accommodation and food services             -8.6          0.6         YES          -718           78         YES

    Other services                                -3.1          1.2         YES          -133           64         YES

  Government                                       0.7          0.2         YES           152           42         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                         0            7

    State and local                                0.8          0.2         YES           153           42         YES

      State and local education                    1.5          0.2         YES           145           24         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         8           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -1.9          0.4         YES          -427          103         YES

    South                                         -0.2          0.3                       104          172

    Midwest                                       -1.0          0.4         YES          -218          125         YES

    West                                          -1.3          0.4         YES          -334          125         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 9, 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.