TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2019 and March 2020,

         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          -580          264         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -597          261         YES

    Mining and logging                            -2.1          1.5         YES           -16           11         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          1.1                        30           74

    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -53           39         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.4                       -25           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.5         YES           -27           23         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.4                        70          101

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                       -10           29

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.5         YES            90           81         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.8                        -9           43

    Information                                   -0.7          0.8                       -21           21

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        26           39

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        24           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.9                         2           20

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.7                      -102          125

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -80           68         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.6                         6           23

      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.3         YES           -85           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.4          0.6         YES          -390           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.5          1.9                       -33           44

      Accommodation and food services             -2.6          0.6         YES          -358           73         YES

    Other services                                -1.1          1.2                       -62           66

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        17           41

    Federal                                        0.6          0.2         YES            20            7         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -3           38

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -11           22

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         8           23



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -63           97

    South                                         -0.7          0.3         YES          -336          163         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -91          120

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -91          116



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 15, 2020.

  *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.