TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2016 and May 2017,

         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                                      0.2          0.2                       340          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           385          238         YES

    Mining and logging                             2.2          1.1         YES            17            8         YES

    Construction                                   1.0          1.1                        84           74         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            75           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        29           31

      Nondurable goods                             1.0          0.6         YES            47           28         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        32           98

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -5           36

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.5                        25           77

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.7                        12           34

    Information                                    0.3          0.7                         5           19

    Financial activities                           0.5          0.5                        45           41         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.5                        28           30

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.1                        17           23

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.7                        26          111

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        27           50

      Educational services                         0.3          0.6                        13           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        15           46

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.7                       -43           90

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.9                       -18           37

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.6                       -24           74

    Other services                                 2.0          1.0         YES           117           53         YES

  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -45           32         YES

    Federal                                       -0.9          0.3         YES           -25            7         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -19           31

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -18           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                        -2           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.6          0.4         YES           189           94         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       208          141         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                         8          109

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -64          110



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 11, 2017.

  *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.