TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and March 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                                      0.7          0.2         YES           896          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.9          0.2         YES           892          281         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.5          1.5         YES            13           10         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          1.1                        46           80

    Manufacturing                                  1.0          0.3         YES           118           45         YES

      Durable goods                                1.0          0.4         YES            73           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.0          0.6         YES            44           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        19          115

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.5                        20           31

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.6                         9          100

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                       -11           44

    Information                                    0.6          0.8                        12           24

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.5                       -20           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.5                       -23           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.0                         3           22

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.7                        12          132

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES            92           75         YES

      Educational services                         0.8          0.6         YES            26           23         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.3         YES            66           68

    Leisure and hospitality                        4.6          0.6         YES           526           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          4.6          1.7         YES            45           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              4.6          0.6         YES           480           78         YES

    Other services                                 1.4          1.2         YES            74           64         YES

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                         4           42

    Federal                                       -0.8          0.2         YES           -23            7         YES

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        27           42

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        20           24

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.3                         7           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.8          0.4         YES           166          103         YES

    South                                          0.8          0.3         YES           336          172         YES

    Midwest                                        0.9          0.4         YES           211          125         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.4         YES           183          125         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 11, 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.