TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2020 and May 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                                     -2.0          0.2         YES         -2226          286         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -2.6          0.2         YES         -2283          281         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.4          1.5                         3           10

    Construction                                  -6.3          1.1         YES          -422           80         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -2.1          0.3         YES          -215           45         YES

      Durable goods                               -2.2          0.4         YES          -145           33         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.9          0.6         YES           -71           26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -1.5          0.4         YES          -277          115         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -1.1          0.5         YES           -54           31         YES

      Retail trade                                -1.9          0.6         YES          -178          100         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.1          0.8         YES           -45           44         YES

    Information                                    1.2          0.8         YES            36           24         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.5                       -14           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        19           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.8          1.0         YES           -33           22         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.7                       -20          132

    Education and health services                 -2.0          0.3         YES          -390           75         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.6                         6           23

      Health care and social assistance           -2.3          0.3         YES          -397           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        -10          0.6         YES          -556           95         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -5.5          1.7         YES            47           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              -11          0.6         YES          -603           78         YES

    Other services                                -9.8          1.2         YES          -428           64         YES

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        57           42         YES

    Federal                                       -0.7          0.2         YES           -20            7         YES

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            77           42         YES

      State and local education                    0.6          0.2         YES            66           24         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                        10           26



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -2.4          0.4         YES          -499          103         YES

    South                                         -1.1          0.3         YES          -357          172         YES

    Midwest                                       -2.5          0.4         YES          -599          125         YES

    West                                          -2.9          0.4         YES          -771          125         YES



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