TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between June 2023 and June 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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -720          321         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.3         YES          -689          318         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.0          1.1                        -7            6         YES
    Construction                                  -0.9          1.0                       -64           75
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.5                       -52           60
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                        -2           41
      Nondurable goods                            -1.0          0.8         YES           -50           40         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.5                         0          149
      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.7                        29           41
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.8                       -29          124
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                        -1           52
    Information                                    0.2          1.1                         5           30
    Financial activities                           0.4          0.6                        38           49
      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.7                        40           43
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.1                        -2           25
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                      -112          166
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.6          0.4         YES          -103           84         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.2          0.7                        -7           26
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.4         YES           -96           76         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.2          0.8         YES          -369          112         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -4.2          1.7         YES          -111           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -1.8          0.9         YES          -258          104         YES
    Other services                                -0.5          1.1                       -24           65
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -33           39
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.3                        -6            7
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -25           39
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -31           24         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                         4           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -13          109
    South                                         -0.9          0.4         YES          -513          213         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -95          126
    West                                          -0.4          0.5                       -99          160

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 30, 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.