TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2019 and May 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                                      1.1          0.2         YES           734          264         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    1.5          0.2         YES           842          261         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.4          1.5                       -13           11         YES

    Construction                                   4.3          1.1         YES           281           74         YES

    Manufacturing                                  1.1          0.3         YES            85           39         YES

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                       -26           30

      Nondurable goods                             2.8          0.5         YES           110           23         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.4         YES            44          101

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -21           29

      Retail trade                                 1.1          0.5         YES            51           81

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.8                        14           43

    Information                                   -1.5          0.8         YES           -49           21         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.5                       -44           39         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.5         YES           -45           30         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          0.9                         0           20

    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.7         YES          -270          125         YES

    Education and health services                  1.8          0.3         YES           366           68         YES

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.6                       -19           23

      Health care and social assistance            2.2          0.3         YES           384           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        7.8          0.6         YES           231           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          4.9          1.9         YES           -78           44         YES

      Accommodation and food services              8.3          0.6         YES           308           73         YES

    Other services                                 5.4          1.2         YES           213           66         YES

  Government                                      -0.4          0.2         YES          -108           41         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         6            7

    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES          -114           38         YES

      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -32           22         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.8          0.3         YES           -82           23         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.6          0.4         YES            27           97

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           -93          163

    Midwest                                        1.4          0.4         YES           252          120         YES

    West                                           2.3          0.4         YES           547          116         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 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.