TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2021 and May 2022,

         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                                      0.0          0.2                       401          308         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       306          304         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.4          1.3                         5            9

    Construction                                   0.5          1.1                        53           82

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.4                        60           55         YES

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.5                        20           38

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.7                        40           32         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -24          133

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.6                        29           36

      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.7                       -74          115

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                        21           45

    Information                                   -0.5          0.9                        -8           25

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        29           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.5                        12           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.0                        16           22

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.8                       131          159

    Education and health services                  0.5          0.3         YES           147           74         YES

      Educational services                         1.0          0.6         YES            44           23         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.3         YES           102           65         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -2.0          0.6         YES          -114          100         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.9          1.7         YES             7           35

      Accommodation and food services             -2.0          0.7         YES          -121           91         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          1.2                        27           67

  Government                                       0.4          0.2         YES            95           41         YES

    Federal                                        0.3          0.2         YES             7            7

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            88           40         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -7           23

      State and local, excluding education         1.1          0.3         YES            96           24         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                       128          105         YES

    South                                          0.0          0.3                       125          184

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                       100          125

    West                                           0.0          0.4                        48          141



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 6, 2022.

  *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.