TABLE 8: Hires estimated rate and level changes between May 2022 and May 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -381          303         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -374          301         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.2                         3            8
    Construction                                   0.2          1.1                        29           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.5                        -5           59
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                         0           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.7                        -4           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.5                        38          139
      Wholesale trade                             -0.7          0.7                       -37           37
      Retail trade                                 0.5          0.8                        86          117
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.8                       -11           46
    Information                                   -1.9          1.0         YES           -57           29         YES
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                        -2           46
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.6                        21           41
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.0          1.0                       -22           23
    Professional and business services            -1.5          0.8         YES          -300          156         YES
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        84           75         YES
      Educational services                        -0.5          0.7                       -17           24
      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.4                       101           71         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          0.7         YES          -165          101         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -3.0          1.8         YES           -51           37         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -1.2          0.7         YES          -114           94         YES
    Other services                                -0.1          1.1                         1           59
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -7           41
    Federal                                        0.5          0.3         YES            13            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -20           40
      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         9           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.3         YES           -29           25         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.4         YES          -128          104         YES
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -122          191
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        30          124
    West                                          -0.6          0.4         YES          -162          149         YES

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