TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between March 2022 and March 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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -476          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -482          301         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.2          1.2                         0            8
    Construction                                  -0.1          1.1                         1           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.5         YES          -112           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.9          0.5         YES           -65           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.0          0.7         YES           -47           34         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.5                      -135          139
      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.7                       -34           37
      Retail trade                                -0.8          0.8                      -134          117         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.8                        33           46
    Information                                   -0.2          1.0                        -5           29
    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.5         YES           -57           46         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.6                       -44           41         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.0                       -13           23
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -150          156
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        57           75
      Educational services                        -0.3          0.7                        -5           24
      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        62           71
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.7         YES          -101          101
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.8                        -3           37
      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.7         YES           -98           94         YES
    Other services                                 0.3          1.1                        20           59
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         5           41
    Federal                                        0.2          0.3                         7            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -2           40
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -6           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         5           25

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        43          104
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -266          191         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -108          124
    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -144          149

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 2, 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.