TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2022 and June 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          -671          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -642          301         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.4          1.2         YES            -7            8
    Construction                                  -0.4          1.1                       -21           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.5         YES           -99           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -62           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.7                       -37           34         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -163          139         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.8          0.7         YES           -48           37         YES
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.8                       -47          117
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.8         YES           -68           46         YES
    Information                                   -1.3          1.0         YES           -42           29         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.5                       -35           46
      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.6         YES           -40           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.0                         6           23
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -161          156         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        10           75
      Educational services                        -0.5          0.7                       -12           24
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        21           71
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.7         YES          -115          101         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.8                        18           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.3          0.7         YES          -133           94         YES
    Other services                                -0.2          1.1                        -8           59
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -29           41
    Federal                                        0.4          0.3         YES            13            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -43           40         YES
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                         0           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.3         YES           -43           25         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -113          104         YES
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -208          191         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.4         YES          -135          124         YES
    West                                          -0.7          0.4         YES          -216          149         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 1, 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.